nyc.general

On Sep 8, 10:45 pm, Slim wrote:
> On 2007-09-08 15:09:12 -0400, " " said:
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> >>> Considering that one of this issues was not wanting to be
> >>> responsible for themselves or their actions (via GPS), I agree.
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> >> How would you like the government to slap a GPS on your bike so they
> >> could track you, Steve?
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> > I don't think Steve's bike riding is ripping off the public or the
> > bicycle companies .
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> > OTOH -- GPS might track down the typical rude, traffic laws don't apply
> > to me NYC bicycle user (yeah yeah, they can post the bit about rude
> > bike riders being bike messengers because if that's the case there
> > isn't one bike rider in NYC who isn't a bike messenger).
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> > Instead of chasing down those guys on Friday nights, the cops ought to
> > be arresting bicyclists who plow through pedestrian crosswalks against
> > the traffic light, or ride the opposite direction of traffic on one way
> > streets (and plow into the crosswalks) and arrest them.
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> > Every one of them.
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> Every one of them.
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> Funny you should use that phrase.
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> The government is trying to make GPS manditory in every vehicle.
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> Taxis and trucks are just the beginning, oh they make it sound so
> benign, but its a blatant invasion of privacy and freedom.

And yet some alleged "conservatives" or ex-military loudmouths talk so
much about "supporting and defending the Constitution." You don't
hear a lot of opposition on that side of the political spectrum to
invasions of privacy. In truth, the biggest affronts to
Constitutional rights come from within.