Tue Jan 23, 2007, 05:32pm
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Land Of The Free and The Home Of The Brave (MD/DE)
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Originally Posted by Dakota
Individual liberty is sacrosanct. Compromizing on liberty to protect "just one" innocent leads directly to totalitarianism. Why do you think the burden is so high on the state to prove guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Why do you think there are provisions that ban double jeopardy, restrict police searches, restrict police interrogation, provide for the right to an attorney?
Further, the notion that one should volunteer information to the state because one has "nothing to hide" is, again, on the direct path to totalitarianism. One should be free to require the state to live up to its burden of just cause before information can be demanded or searches performed.
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ditto, ditto, ditto ! ! !
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