nyc.general

Bolwerk wrote:

> rms1@ wrote:
>
>> On Sep 8, 10:45 pm, Slim wrote:
>>
>>> On 2007-09-08 15:09:12 -0400, " " said:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Considering that one of this issues was not wanting to be
>>>>>> responsible for themselves or their actions (via GPS), I agree.
>>>>>
>>>>> How would you like the government to slap a GPS on your bike so they
>>>>> could track you, Steve?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think Steve's bike riding is ripping off the public or the
>>>> bicycle companies .
>>>> 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).
>>>> 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.
>>>> Every one of them.
>>>
>>> Every one of them.
>>>
>>> Funny you should use that phrase.
>>>
>>> The government is trying to make GPS manditory in every vehicle.
>>>
>>> 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.
>
>
> And usually, those are the people with the most to hide too. Larry
> Craig only got caught, uh, how many times? In any case, it's because
> "conservative" is a carefully selected meme designed to put a positive
> spin on authoritarianism. The Democrats are more conservative than
> Republicans. And, for that matter, Republicans are both more right-wing
> and more liberal than the Democrats - of course, all those details fly
> in the face of conventional wisdom about American politics.
>

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