On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:24:46 -0000, "Chris X"
I don't doubt that most criminals would totally agree with you. :-)
Most aren't keen on police, courts, jails, and prisons, for that matter.
The real point is that if you are not breaking the law, why are you so fearful?
If you are doing nothing of interest, they won't bother to track you. However, if you have a criminal record and are seen carrying a pry bar down an alley at 3 AM, they will be interested in you.
From my point of view, Ian isn't trying anything of the kind.
You, on the other hand, remind me of a habitual drunken driver who objects to random breath checks.
Do you have these in England, incidentally? We have had them here in Australia for many years. There are frequent TV commercials emphasizing the point that "If you are over 0.05 you are under arrest."
Some nice "commercials" illustrating this, incidentally. One involves the sentencing of a father who has run over a child accidentally, but tested over the limit. His wife and young daughter are in the court.
The commercial opens with the judge saying something along the lines of "It is the verdict of this court that you didn't deliberately run over the child. Still, when you were tested you were over the legal limit of 0.05, therefore I sentence you to two years imprisonment.
The commercial ends with the offender being led away, and his young daughter asking the mother "Mommy, where is daddy going?"
Another good one is a young wife arriving home from work, checking messages on the answering machine, and hearing the cheery voice of her husband saying that he and his mates are going to have a few drinks after work, and he may be home late. As the message ends, the doorbell rings. She answers it, to find a male and female cop. The male cop asks if she is "Mrs. John Jones" or something and when she answers yes, he says "I'm afraid we have some bad news for you."
She, realizing what the bad news probably is, dissolves into tears, and the female cop moves to comfort her.
Amazing how much information can be packed into a 30 second commercial, isn't it?
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