Comments on: Vote! Prop 83 — Not really preventing sex offenses http://greenlagirl.com/vote-prop-83-%e2%80%94-not-really-preventing-sex-offenses/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Sat, 26 May 2012 23:43:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://greenlagirl.com/vote-prop-83-%e2%80%94-not-really-preventing-sex-offenses/comment-page-1/#comment-15534 Robert 'Groby' Blum Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:43:00 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/10/17/vote-prop-83-%e2%80%94-not-really-preventing-sex-offenses/#comment-15534 OH, btw: Both Dem&Reps are pro because you can't be a politician and vote against *any* "Think of the children!" measure - your opponent would spin it against you. (Well, that, and there's probably a lot of money riding on this for the GPS companies - expect heavy lobbying ;) OH, btw: Both Dem&Reps are pro because you can’t be a politician and vote against *any* “Think of the children!” measure – your opponent would spin it against you.

(Well, that, and there’s probably a lot of money riding on this for the GPS companies – expect heavy lobbying ;)

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://greenlagirl.com/vote-prop-83-%e2%80%94-not-really-preventing-sex-offenses/comment-page-1/#comment-15533 Robert 'Groby' Blum Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:41:31 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/10/17/vote-prop-83-%e2%80%94-not-really-preventing-sex-offenses/#comment-15533 You know, if you need a reason to be against prop83, try the 4th amendment: <blockquote> The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated</blockquote> I know the constitution is sort of out of fashion these days, but it would seem to me that a GPS tracking devices violates the whole "being secure in their persons" thing. (If we believe they're still a danger to society, why would we let them out of prison?) You know, if you need a reason to be against prop83, try the 4th amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated

I know the constitution is sort of out of fashion these days, but it would seem to me that a GPS tracking devices violates the whole “being secure in their persons” thing.

(If we believe they’re still a danger to society, why would we let them out of prison?)

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