[suebee]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

Yes, you can take your papers with you everywhere and be stopped for them all the time. But what if it were you and every time you left the house you had to get your papers checked...sounds like North Korea or East Germany (the DDR).

Apocalipstic, I have to take my papers with me every time I leave the house. My community is made of of two towns, divided by the international border between the States and Canada. I have an I.D. card issued by U.S Homeland Security that I carry with me all the time. It's just something you get used to, like having your driver's licence or bus pass with you when you leave the house.

My post was an FYI - maybe it will help someone - I don't know. The problem of course is profiling. And that's just more racist shit. It's unrealistic for ANYONE to think that this law can be be applied WITHOUT profiling, it's probably a law that will be found illegal in and of itself (unreasonable search and seizure), and it is most certainly the backlash of the privileged majority feeling that the status quo is in danger.

I hesitate to say this, because I don't want it to be taken in the wrong way, but I think the time has come where the right of the people to "govern themselves" in the States has come around to bite the people in the ass. Although there is equality entrenched in the U.S. constitution, it's never become a reality in real life, and the privileged few have found a myriad of ways to turn their power against those who they consider a minority or undesirable. Equality is only for those who can afford it. I doubt the founding fathers could have imagined how their principles would be misused in the 21st century.

Respectfully,

Sue