Who are you? Can you prove it? - Page 2

JayMcGee · 09-22-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

I wonder how long it will be before we are all required to get scannable bar codes tattooed on our bodies. Or info chips planted just under the surface of our skin. Our grandchildren may have them already without our knowlege. Communism in progress. Shit.

more likely to become fact as part of the 'war on Terror'....

xoxoxoBruce · 09-22-2006, 08:08 PM

I asked him today if the cop had a laptop in the cruiser. He said yes, but since the locals didn't have the info from Texas yet, it wasn't practical for him and the three cruisers to sit beside the road, for who knows how long it would be.

I suggested he talk to his local police dept in Chester County where he lives. Make them aware of who he is and what went down. He's already known to one of the cops there that runs a gun store on the side. That way if it should happen again, they could call his department, who would be familiar with the situation and could tell the cop that stopped him, he's cool.
Can't hurt.

09-23-2006, 04:16 PM

I would suggest he talk to a lawyer so that the keystone cops learn properly how to conduct themselves.
Innocent until proven guilty is LITERAL.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-23-2006, 09:07 PM

They didn't arrest him for being guilty, then arrested him on suspicion of being a fugitive. They can do that and hold you for a prescribed period of time before they must charge or release you. I think it's 24 hours but that may not be true.

If they could only arrest guilty people, nobody would be arrested because it's not their job to determine who's guilty. The courts couldn't find anybody guilty because the police couldn't arrest anyone.

I imagine only innocent people would show up for trial, voluntarily.

09-24-2006, 12:30 PM

You have to have more than just a name. There has to be some evidence to hold someone. This was a pathetic show of ineptitude and an enormous misuse of power that should not go unchallenged so it does not happen again.
"Well Sgt. Tom Smith committed a crime in NY... go round em' up!"... tell me another one.

richlevy · 09-24-2006, 04:32 PM

Suddenly Dweezil and Moon Unit don't sound like such bad names for children.

capnhowdy · 09-24-2006, 07:46 PM

Being a Zappa narrows it down considerably.

bluecuracao · 09-24-2006, 08:07 PM

But being a Zappa probably gets you on a "watch list."

xoxoxoBruce · 09-24-2006, 08:15 PM

But if they're "watching" you, then they know you aren't somebody else by mistake.

JayMcGee · 09-24-2006, 08:32 PM

unles, of course, your name is Jean Charles de Menezes.

Happy Monkey · 09-24-2006, 08:38 PM

I think Penn Jillette and his daughter Moxie Crimefighter Jillette probably won't get on any lists accidentally...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-25-2006, 09:07 PM

You're right, them both being on the list will be quite intentional.

cowhead · 09-26-2006, 11:14 AM

you gotta love the 'new world order' in all its far reaching glory! who'd've thunk that such a miracle of modern technology would be available in our lifetimes.. now where's my flying car!.. damn you George Jetson! DAMN YOU!!!

Trilby · 09-26-2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by cowhead

... now where's my flying car!..

I'm still waiting on my hover bike.

wolf · 09-26-2006, 09:48 PM

They can't even get the Segway right. Don't hold your breath.

09-22-2006, 08:08 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I asked him today if the cop had a laptop in the cruiser. He said yes, but since the locals didn't have the info from Texas yet, it wasn't practical for him and the three cruisers to sit beside the road, for who knows how long it would be. I suggested he talk to his local police dept in Chester County where he lives. Make them aware of who he is and what went down. He's already known to one of the cops there that runs a gun store on the side. That way if it should happen again, they could call his department, who would be familiar with the situation and could tell the cop that stopped him, he's cool. Can't hurt. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-23-2006, 09:07 PM	#19
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They didn't arrest him for being guilty, then arrested him on suspicion of being a fugitive. They can do that and hold you for a prescribed period of time before they must charge or release you. I think it's 24 hours but that may not be true. If they could only arrest guilty people, nobody would be arrested because it's not their job to determine who's guilty. The courts couldn't find anybody guilty because the police couldn't arrest anyone. I imagine only innocent people would show up for trial, voluntarily. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-24-2006, 04:32 PM	#21
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Suddenly Dweezil and Moon Unit don't sound like such bad names for children. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

09-24-2006, 07:46 PM	#22
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Being a Zappa narrows it down considerably. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-24-2006, 08:15 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But if they're "watching" you, then they know you aren't somebody else by mistake. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-23-2006, 04:16 PM	#18
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I would suggest he talk to a lawyer so that the keystone cops learn properly how to conduct themselves. Innocent until proven guilty is LITERAL.

09-24-2006, 12:30 PM	#20
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	You have to have more than just a name. There has to be some evidence to hold someone. This was a pathetic show of ineptitude and an enormous misuse of power that should not go unchallenged so it does not happen again. "Well Sgt. Tom Smith committed a crime in NY... go round em' up!"... tell me another one.

09-24-2006, 08:07 PM	#23
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	But being a Zappa probably gets you on a "watch list."

09-24-2006, 08:32 PM	#25
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	unles, of course, your name is Jean Charles de Menezes. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

09-24-2006, 08:38 PM	#26
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I think Penn Jillette and his daughter Moxie Crimefighter Jillette probably won't get on any lists accidentally... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-25-2006, 09:07 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're right, them both being on the list will be quite intentional. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-26-2006, 11:14 AM	#28
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	you gotta love the 'new world order' in all its far reaching glory! who'd've thunk that such a miracle of modern technology would be available in our lifetimes.. now where's my flying car!.. damn you George Jetson! DAMN YOU!!! __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

09-26-2006, 09:48 PM	#30
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	They can't even get the Segway right. Don't hold your breath. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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