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Andrew S. Fischer at LewRockwell.com –
Arrested for What? – there used to be a time when arresting
someone for having an arbitrarily set blood-alcohol level would be
illegal. The drunk driver hasn’t actually done anything wrong
yet. Yes, he might do something wrong, but until he does, no crime has
been committed and his actions are nobody’s business. Now if the cop
actually witnesses bad driving, that’s another thing. Unsafe driving
is an initiation of force for whatever reason the driver is doing it,
too much to drink, too little sleep, too little intelligence, argument
with wife or kids, too much attention on cell phone call,
etc. etc. But criminalizing activities that might cause unsafe
driving or unsafe anything is just plain wrong. Like gun “control”,
it’s blaming the tool instead of its user. [lew]
bq.
Seems to me that either you can arrest someone before he does
something, or you can’t. If you buy into the former case, then what
are the limits?
[End the War on Freedom]
I agree.