Schneier vs. Brin

[Ronn! Blankenship]

At 09:29 PM Sunday 3/9/2008, lud at tpg.com.au wrote:

>On Mar 9, 2008, at 2:04 PM, dsummersminet at comcast.net wrote:
>
><concerning the carrying of IDs>
>Ah, that makes sense then.  There is no law against it, just like there is
>no law against black people driving.  But, an officer has discretion
>concerning "suspicious behavior" and the Supreme Court has said that an
>officer can ask for an ID.  So, even though its not a law, its common sense
>for people with certain ethnic backgrounds to carry IDs.  You or I can jog
>in our neighborhood without them.  Heck, Neli can jog here, because the
>police knows that she could very well be related to someone who could raise
>holy hell.  But, a black man on an E Texas road, yea....I'll believe that.
>
>Dan M.
>
>Ray writes (in this clumsy manner since he cannot send mail from his
>mail program):
>
>My question was whether a US citizen is required to carry and produce ID
>showing they are US citizens if stopped by the Border Patrol in say NM,
>nowhere near any external borders. When I handed over my South Dakota
>driver's license as ID, I was castigated for not producing my passport.
>If I had said I was a US citizen, would I have been required to produce
>evidence of this on the spot?



That option probably ended when you greeted the officer with "G'day!"  ;)



>Regards, Ray. (Who had a quiet day in Carlsberg, spending many happy?
>hours in Walmart buying supplies etc for our trip.



As I have pointed out in the recurring "Wal-Mart is EVIL and must be 
destroyed!" threads, a Wal-Mart Supercenter is one of the few places 
you can stop with your empty van at 4 AM local time and be 
completely* kitted out to leave on your cross-country road trip at 
first light.  (Driving mostly west, I hope, as even with better 
sunglasses than theirs I don't particularly like driving right into 
the Sun.**)  And if you get 700 miles from home and discover that you 
forgot something, there is probably another one right off one of the 
next few exits . . .

_____
*Unless perhaps you need a prescription refill or something like 
that, as the pharmacy in the ones I know about is usually closed at night.
**Insert your own reference to "Operation:  Annihilate!"


>We are doing our best
>to boost the US economy! Thank goodness the Aussie dollar is worth
>nearly twice what it was in our short visit in 2001.)




-- Ronn!  :)