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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: DWI Roadblocks
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:44:38 EDT
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> 
> At least in California, you give "implied consent" to have your
> blood alcohol level checked *every time you drive*!  Usually,
> this is used after someone has been pulled over for speeding, etc,
> or after an accident.  I support this position.
>  
> When driving on the public highways, where an action may affect
> the lives of many other people, the individual's right to privacy
> is not as important as another persons right to live.
> 
> DISCLAIMER:  these are my opinions only, and I don't care if any-
> one else disagrees :-)
> 
> Michael Shulman
> UCD Computer Center
> ...ucbvax!ucdavis!harpo!ccrms
>  
Approaching this whole thing from the principles involved (and not the actual
question of DWI) I think that this sort of thing will eventually lead to
tighter and tighter government control of our lives.  When people start giving
up rights in order to achieve a measure of security, we approach the ideal
communist state.
Its simply subordination of the rights of the individual to the rights of the
masses.  Our country was built on the rights of the individual, and I don't
think that this should be changed just to solve a difficult problem in an
easy manner.  DWI is certainly a problem in America now, and I believe steps
should be taken, but lets not forget the larger picture...

-eli

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