camwyn: (Real Life (stupid))
camwyn ([personal profile] camwyn) wrote2005-07-22 08:47 am

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So.

New York City's gonna do random searches of people's bags if they wanna get on the subway and 'people who don't want to be searched are perfectly free to turn around and leave the station'.

Show of hands- do I start carrying a bag full of mousetraps, or should I start carrying a bag full of some formulation of Play-Doh that feels like dog crap if a cop puts his hand on it? Not that I dislike the members of the NYPD; I'm very fond of cops in general. But since the city doesn't seem to think that the Constitution matters any more (small surprise, since Washington doesn't either)- or that this constitutes a reasonable search and seizure- I'd like to make it plain that if you're going to search me, ever, you are going to have to pay for that privilege.

I'm thinkin' the play-doh. Or a can of non-dairy creamer with a lid that comes off easily- no, then they'd go "ACK ANTHRAX" and I'd be late for work. But you get the idea.

Suggestions?
metalfatigue: A capybara looking over the edge of his swimming pool (politics)

[personal profile] metalfatigue 2005-07-22 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
The tote bag is good, or the buttons. There's a website that sells little aluminum squares about twice as tall as a credit card with the Bill of Rights printed on them; I have some around here somewhere, and can look up the URL if you're interested.

I can't countenance persecuting the poor cops who are tasked with enforcing a misguided and unConstitutional policy, though. Someone else will undoubtedly play churlish tricks with Play-Doh and spiders; you needn't.

[identity profile] maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com 2005-07-22 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd love to see the Bill 'o'rights placards, if'n you could show us where...
metalfatigue: A capybara looking over the edge of his swimming pool (politics)

[personal profile] metalfatigue 2005-07-30 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bill of Rights--Security Edition"
http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/product1202.html