Re: [privacy] Highway safety

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 10/23/06, Dmitry Chan <dmitry.chan () gmail com> wrote:
> > On 10/23/06, Brian Loe <knobdy () gmail com> wrote:
> > > It's not a leap of logic to state that DUI laws have had other
> > > unintended consequences, detrimental to individual rights which is
> > > just another reason to get rid of them (beyond the fact they're based
> > > on one's "potential" to commit a crime - in case someone missed that).
> >
> >  The same argument could also be applied to Airline pilots.  Should pilots
> > be allowed to fly folks around the country while impaired?  It is, after
> > all, just a "potential" to commit a crime.
>
> Once again, the logic leaves me wanting... No, not airline pilots, or
> cabbies or bus drivers. Not truck drivers or tanker ship captains. All
> of those folks are subject to company policies and government
> regulations.
>
>
> I guess the loss of privacy rights - even on the privacy list - isn't of
> much concern to anyone.

Your right to privacy ends at the point where you accept the risk of 
breaking my nose.

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