Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Air bears, fighting tickets... etc.. Message-ID: <1340021@acf4.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 21:14:00 EST Article-I.D.: acf4.1340021 Posted: Thu Apr 18 21:14:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Apr-85 08:18:04 EST References: <65@tekig5.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 19 >/* braman@dataio.UUCP (Rick Braman) / 10:47 am Apr 15, 1985 */ >> My conviction is that it is a moral obligation and a social responsibility >> to fight traffic tickets with all the resources at one's disposal, since >> traffic law enforcement is basically chickenshit legalized highway robbery >> and allows cops to prey on people with burned-out taillights instead >> of chasing burglars and rapists who, of course, might (shudder,quake) >> fight BACK. >> >Yeah, and your conviction is exactly what costs those of us who are willing >to obey the laws alot of extra tax money, paying for your wasted time in court! Nonsense! Taxes are at the level they are because legislators are unwilling to raise them for political reasons. You're paying the amount of taxes you do because that's all the parasites have managed to squeeze out of you so far. Michael Sykora