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Old 10-29-2008, 09:50 AM   #11
classicman
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
With only 15 cops policing 1.2 million people, this will have ZERO effect on the terrorists, but it will have a 100% effect of violating the basic rights of each law abiding commuter who is coerced into consenting to a search or is blocked from their daily commute because they refuse the search.
Coercion seems like such a strong word there. They can ask - you can refuse. I agree that someone who uses public transit may not realistically have another option. The "for the greater safety of all" argument has been abused too much already. I dunno. I'm not happy about it either in principle.
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