Some time ago, I participated in a conference about “policing in an age of terror.” One big topic was the place of informed hunches in the armory of the police. Was it okay, or was it culpably racist, for the police to act on educated hunches when going about their jobs? Should they “profile” certain groups of people and, in some circumstances and in some neighborhoods, “stop and frisk” people they thought looked suspicious? Well, the heart, as Pascal famously assured us, has its reasons that reason does not know. About this, as about most things, Pascal was right. But what does it tell us about “rational hunches” or “policing in the age of terror?”
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Professor Nussbaum serves as an example of both the consequences of the 19th Amendment and the failure of Affirmative Action.
ReplyDeleteThose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety
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Those who excuse excessive surveillance, spying, random searches without probable cause, violations of our 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th ammendments by the government, agencies of the government or police should be shipped to a country that has no provisions of rights we have.... Let them live in the BS they want to embrace...
As for me, give me freedom to do as I choose
JD
The Human "gut" has intelligence as does the brain (I.e. "gut check"). IMO those in law enforcement should be free to use whatever is available in carrying out their job in light of the fact they're risking their lives to keep people safe.
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