To: libertynews
No difference getting on a ferry than on an airplane.When you have hundreds or even tens of people using public transportation operated by the state or feds, it is their responsibility to ensure safety to any extent they can.
10 posted on
06/22/2004 8:48:44 PM PDT by
eastforker
(All those in favor of abortion have already been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: CyberCowboy777
To: eastforker
No difference getting on a ferry than on an airplane. Sorry...the ferry to Canada is very different than the ferry from Bainbridge to Seattle. One crosses an international border. The difference may be insignificant to you, but in both cases the constitution (both Fereral and State) apply.
That said, I believe we are at war and the constitutions are not a suicide pact.
13 posted on
06/22/2004 8:55:49 PM PDT by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: eastforker
Our State Supreme Court ruled in the late 60s that the Ferrys were an extension of the hi-way system and thus you couldn't stop the state from spending gas tax money on them.
A lot of people think we spend too much on the ferries and somoe of that money should be spent on building and maintaining more roads.
So those two rulings are incompatible with eachother. How can you be searched when driving down the hi-way for no reason?
I'm not against the seaches for safety reasons but I would like to see some sense made of these two rulings.
38 posted on
06/23/2004 5:55:19 AM PDT by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(You can turn your head away from the Berg video and still hear Al Queda's calls to prayer.)
To: eastforker
No difference getting on a ferry than on an airplane.When you have hundreds or even tens of people using public transportation operated by the state or feds, it is their responsibility to ensure safety to any extent they can. Hence the random searches on Boston's subway...
Next the buses...?
41 posted on
06/23/2004 7:49:38 AM PDT by
sionnsar
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To: eastforker
No difference getting on a ferry than on an airplane.When you have hundreds or even tens of people using public transportation operated by the state or feds, it is their responsibility to ensure safety to any extent they can. Well, they failed miserably on 9/11, and according to a recently article, "security" is no better now than prior to 9/11.
The problem is that too many Americans define security as being proportional to how many of their Rights the gov't violates, and how often they are violated.
60 posted on
06/24/2004 6:04:54 PM PDT by
Mulder
(Those who would give up liberty for temporary security, deserve neither -- Ben Franklin)
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