Mel...
I thought I'd hold my tongue on this one as well... but Oh Well!
I support your comments (almost 100%). If "depriving" individuals of the
'right' to tint their windows so damn dark they can't even see out, means
one officer's life is saved, then so be it. Aaron, what are you doing in
your car that you're so afraid of others seeing? If you've nothing to hide,
you've nothing to worry about, right?
I'm not against tinting windows, but there is a reasonable limit for
everything. You rail against the government mandating elements of your
private life... well, its come to that because personal responsibility and
the use of common sense have disappeared in our society. Instead of relying
on others to exercise common sense/responsibility and a sense of decency in
their personal conduct, we've come to the point of having to create laws to
mandate behavior.
Believe me, I'm probably about as right-wing as you'll want to come across.
I don't believe that all police are good (like the one yesterday morning who
made an illegal right on red & drove a block to turn into the 7-11 - not
exactly a 'police emergency' - if he'd been behind me making that turn, you
bet he would have given me a ticket!)
But I'd rather have a good police force (even with some of the bad apples)
then deal with the chaos that would come with a powerless police presence.
Dak content follows...
Duff
'95 SLT 4x4 CC 318 4spd/OD - 3.55 LSD
MSD 6AL - MSD Blaster Coil - Rancho 5000/9000
MSD 8.5 wires - K&N FIPK - F&B Stage I TBI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: superskunk@mindspring.com [mailto:superskunk@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 2:48 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: WAS: Not My Day NOW: TINT
>
>
> I told myself that I wasn't going to get in a "cop vs.
> everybody else" or a
> "us vs. them" discussion on here when I joined. I am on here
> to see what other
> DAK owners are doing to their trucks and to learn new tricks
> and to also learn
> from their mistakes as well.
> I try to keep an open mind and not spend my time on here
> taking up for all
> the cops in the world. I am not ashamed of what I do for a
> living. I was once
> your age and had the same attitude towards cops. But after
> doing this for 10
> years, and seeing the stuff I have seen on the streets, all I
> can tell you is
> that until you spend a day in my shoes, putting up with the
> crap that we do,
> don't belittle us.
> Police do alot more than writing tickets and harassing
> the motoring
> public. If the 4 armed robbers had had limo tint on their
> car the other night
> when we caught them, after invading a couples home and
> beating them with a
> shotgun, one of us would not be here today. Atleast we could
> see in the car,
> I.D. the suspects, and arrest them without incident.(That
> looks like serving and
> protecting to me)
> And even though I haven't wrote tickets in the last 7
> years, I do remember a
> saying........"Driving is a privilage, not a right". No
> where in all the laws
> you so dearly hate does it say that you have the right to drive.
> It's mentalities and attitudes like yours, i.e.see below
> and calling us
> "idiots", that assures me that I will always have job security.
>
> P.S. That's all I have to say about this. I guess we can
> both replace our
> keyboards now.
>
> Mel
>
> > Aaron said,
> >
> > P.S. I have mine windows tinted "illegally" and I'll keep
> it that way no
> > matter how many times I get pulled over. Think about it, we
> are criminals
> > and have to pay fines because somebody can't see into our
> vehicle. IF I
> > WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT I WAS DOING ALL THE TIME I WOULD
> HAVE BOUGHT A GLASS
> > TRUCK!!!
> >
>
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