[TheBattman]

Clarification....

If my lifestyle/activities in no way present a danger to others, especially relating to my employment, the the government and my employer have no business in MY business.

On the other hand, if my activities DO present a danger to others, particularly at work, then the government/my employer DOES have a business knowing about it.

Certainly, privacy is important. I realize that the big issue is where to draw the line. I still feel that safety of others is the key. If you are smoking dope/shooting-up/snorting junk/etc. and you get behind the wheel of a big rig, school bus, or just plain automibile, you have endangered me and anyone else that is around. You have just violated my freedom. Remeber, your rights end where mine begin.

My statement "what do you have to hide" was in reaction to what I see all the time as a school teacher. Those students most inflamed when the drug dogs come for a visit, complaining about privacy/etc. are 99% of the time the exact same ones who have drugs or other contriband on them/in their lockers/in their cars. Certainly this is a generalization, but it comes about as close to the truth as any I have ever heard -

No I am not for a surrender of our privacy.

[SandfleaCSC]

On the other hand, if my activities DO present a danger to others, particularly at work, then the government/my employer DOES have a business knowing about it.

So, under your line of reasoning due to the myriad of assaults in the workplace involving firearms, its okay for your employer/government to inquire whether or not you own firearms and then deny you employment based on your answer. Let's not leave out periodic checks of your car and residence for those firearms.

If you are smoking dope/shooting-up/snorting junk/etc. and you get behind the wheel of a big rig, school bus, or just plain automibile, you have endangered me and anyone else that is around. You have just violated my freedom. Remeber, your rights end where mine begin

When you support urine tests, no-knock raids, property confiscation before a guilty verdict, and tax money thrown away on the WOsD, you violate more than just drug users' rights, you violate everyone's rights. The thought of my lawn guy being high three weeks ago scares me a whole lot less than the abuse that could be visited on me by one of the "alphabet agencies".

My statement "what do you have to hide" was in reaction to what I see all the time as a school teacher. Those students most inflamed when the drug dogs come for a visit, complaining about privacy/etc. are 99% of the time the exact same ones who have drugs or other contriband on them/in their lockers/in their cars. Certainly this is a generalization, but it comes about as close to the truth as any I have ever heard

There are no junior high students on this forum. The majority here have been voting, tax-paying adults for over a decade. Many here like myself have also served in the US Armed Forces. It's a little insulting to be generalized with a pre-teen demographic. :)

I may not agree with you, but it's nice to find that there's an educator left with some good old classic Republican values......even if they are wrong. ;)

Sandflea