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Old 12-04-2007, 04:23 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AnKleBiTer View Post
I've been keeping a little mum about a lot of this but I have to say that you would feel very different if you or your family was the one that got injured or killed because of a drunk driver.

Check out this link about the impact of a drunk driver on someone's life...

One kid's story
No I don't feel "very different" about it. I do agree that drunk driving should be illegal, and people should be punished for it. I *don't* agree that the enforcement procedures should include stopping people without probable cause. If an officer sees someone driving badly enough to reasonably suspect impairment, then fine - pull him over. If you see someone driving badly enough to reasonably suspect impairment, then fine - call in a report. Otherwise, let people go about their own business in peace.

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Originally Posted by Czolgosz View Post
And that's the problem w/ the minority of people to whom this happens. They get so emotionally enraged it's basically fuck the Constitution and fuck your freedom's time.

I'll stand by what I said, it's wrong to fuck w/ everybody for the sake of a few (regardless of the tragedy du jour).
+1!

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