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**Haremporblape** · 08-03-2007, 05:52 AM

nanny state or police state?
These are the sorts of laws that are passed under the guise (or maybe the genuine intention) of taking care of people but are easily enforced selectively.
I have a friend with a mohawk and torn up clothes who I watched get stopped for jaywalking; there was no car for miles, but the argument is that he COULD have tripped, been unable to get up, and not been visible to oncoming traffic.
Meanwhile, I wear nicer clothes and jaywalk in front of police whenever I need to get to the other side of the street and I don't feel like I'm endangering myself or greatly inconveniencing traffic, and I don't get a ticket.
More useless laws just further empower the people allowed to carry guns and decide who does and doesn't look safe.

08-03-2007, 05:52 AM	#27
Haremporblape Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	nanny state or police state? These are the sorts of laws that are passed under the guise (or maybe the genuine intention) of taking care of people but are easily enforced selectively. I have a friend with a mohawk and torn up clothes who I watched get stopped for jaywalking; there was no car for miles, but the argument is that he COULD have tripped, been unable to get up, and not been visible to oncoming traffic. Meanwhile, I wear nicer clothes and jaywalk in front of police whenever I need to get to the other side of the street and I don't feel like I'm endangering myself or greatly inconveniencing traffic, and I don't get a ticket. More useless laws just further empower the people allowed to carry guns and decide who does and doesn't look safe.
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