Why I will sacrifice personal freedoms to defeat terrorism and make stupid people uncomfortable

[uberreiniger]

Jesse is one of the night time janitors where I work. He is a pathological liars who cannot tell consistant lies. He also fancies himself a political philospher. Naturally, he is not the kind of person I enjoy talking to. Like all such people, he thinks I love listening to him talk. An excerpt from last night's exchange.

Jessie: I want nothin' to do with that Patriot Act. If Congress passes that act... say they come over to my house on a loud music complaint. They can search my house and take me to jail 'cause I got two grams o' marijuana and a ounce o' cocaine!

Me: Oh YEAH! Totally write your Congressman because of that ounce of cocaine!

Jessie: (Not understanding sarcasm) Don't think I won't!

Me: Yeah, you with your cocain, you're not the bad guy or anything.

Jessie: I'm not! That's illegal search and seizure. What about the guy with two kilos o' cocaine? What about the guy got a ton o' cocaine? But they come into my house and take my ounce of it, that's illegal. I'll write Congress and make 'em gimme back my cocaine!

Sometimes I utterly lack the words to describe how stupid some people are.

Comments

[elvinborn.livejournal.com]

I think the icon says most of it

So he'd be for it if he didnt keep drugs in the house?

[stitchedsutures.livejournal.com]

you know, my dad hired some local dude to come help him work on the car lot washing cars and all that.. the guy seems like he's cut from the same cloth. He fell out of the stupid tree and hit every blasted branch on the way down (after meeting "mom" it made even more sense). But he had typical stupid Missouri yokul logic. dad once took him to grab some breakfast at Perkins or something and this guy had this HUGE muffin. he starts going on about "This is a Commie muffin! They give it to us over here so our guys are too fat and cant run when we go to war!" an even better thought came out after he went to the doctor and left with a prescription. it went something like this: " Stupid doctors. someone should sit down and make THEM take all their medicine!"

I cant say that i'm really okay with the gov't legally being able to search someone's house or property. In fact, i'm very much against invasions of my privacy and i always have been, even if i'm not smuggling cocaine :D. What happens when we are no longer worried about "terrorism"? will it stay in effect? who will be targeted next as the suspicious demographic? who is to say it wont be used to justify other pet projects of politicians? I understand that it could possibly help in some cases, but i really think that there's too much room for abuse. Not that the govt would EVER abuse its privilages against its own citizens though.. i mean, that's unheard of. Just look at the history books.

Re: So he'd be for it if he didnt keep drugs in the house?

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's a good idea either, but the point wasn't really about the Patriot Act, the point was what a moron he is with his cocaine.

[buffygirl.livejournal.com]

thats so funny. I know people like that too! HAHA people are so dumb sometimes! hahahahahha

[catlin.livejournal.com]

How about folks like us, normal people, that obey the law.. In Wichita (and I have seen this happen personally) They come into your home for some reason, and you have any weaponsry around? They can just randomly decide to seize said weaponry as "evidence". Once they do that, you never see it again. it gets sold at police auction. Now, how many crimes do you think Cory will ever commit with his sword collection? Or me with my bows and bodice daggers? But under the patriot act, they can do just that. Legally come in with no warrent, and little or no reason. Technically, because of my connection to my mother, they have reason to watch me. After all, Mom could have told me somethign Top Secret that I could than tell some terrorist. I got that lecture often. How I am not allowed to talk to the press about Mom being what she was, cause I might accidentally betray top secret info...

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I think that might just be a rural midwestern redneck cop thing. I've heard of them doing things like that in that part of Kansas long before there was ever a Patriot Act.

[catlin.livejournal.com]

Yup Though the patriot act means now they need not have that lovely warrent, so you have no chance to defend yourself against it.

[skynock.livejournal.com]

I hate people, lord how I hate them. Personally having lived in a country where they kill you if you kill someone and cut your hand off if you steal, I can tell you I felt a whole hell of a lot safer than anywhere else. Cause nobody in their right mind would commit crimes there. Course that then makes witnesses a much bigger liability.... hehe

Did I mention I hate everyone? ;)