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To: SkyRat
The right of the people to be secure in their persons,

I honestly don't believe peeing in a cup makes me insecure in my person. My body is not violated in any way, nor endangered, nor injured, nor hurt. My pee is a waste product which we actively work to flush from our homes every day.

433 posted on 11/07/2002 9:18:18 AM PST by yendu bwam
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To: yendu bwam
I honestly don't believe peeing in a cup makes me insecure in my person.

The point is not peeing in a cup, the point is being forced to pee in a cup.

My body is not violated in any way, nor endangered, nor injured, nor hurt.

But searched.

My pee is a waste product which we actively work to flush from our homes every day.

Irrelevant. It's still your property. That is has no actually value doesn't matter.

However, I, and the Supreme Court believe that drug tests, in certain situations (like with high school kids involved in after school activities) don't violate the Constitution.

Cite?

We don't let people with poor eyesight drive, and we require them to submit to eye tests.

How is this related?

To me, it's not a unreasonable search to require a kid to pee in a cup (and I don't know many kids who consider their pee their personal property!) to see if he/she's doing drugs

If 100% of all teens have to be searched to find a rather small minority, namely those who smoke MJ (the only drug wich can be detected for a long time) and stupid enough to do it before the test. It will not detect any other drug, not the pot smoker who buys a urin cleaning product. It will cost an awfull lot of money, will violate a important principal of the justice system (innocent until proven guilty) and won't even address the most dangerous drug, alcohol. It has no effect and leads to another intrusion of government into private affairs.

before allowing that kid to potentially endanger

potentially dangerous? Potentially dangerous is not a good excuse for violating rights. Practically anything is potentially dangerous.

To drive on the road, you should have to prove you're fit.

Yes, you need a driving license.
434 posted on 11/07/2002 10:16:28 AM PST by SkyRat
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