[texgal]

I'm merely saying I think they've oversteped their bounds and I don't agree with some of what they do.

Point taken. But, for the sake of this discussion, how many lives does one get to put at risk because one decides he or she must drink & drive?

I don't like the sobriety checkpoints either, but I see nothing wrong with law enforcement waiting outside of bars to see who is so danged drunk that they have trouble even getting into their cars, much less driving. It would seem to me that this would be probable cause to stop them to see.

[Blzbba]

"Point taken. But, for the sake of this discussion, how many lives does one get to put at risk because one decides he or she must drink & drive? "


FAR more lives have been snuffed out by drunk driving than have by terrorism in America, yet there's no outrage here about the Patriot Act.

So why the outrage at traffic stops, which are doing the same thing (stopping drunks / stopping terrorists)?

I abhor drunk drivers, terrorists, illegal traffic stops, AND the Patriot Act, for the record.