I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you. And if you really are innocent then you'll have no reason not to answer a few questions.
First question: Just when did you decide that you had to do something about the government?
You were seen talking to someone under investigation. What were you planning and when do you plan to do it?
By the way, have your stopped beating your wife?
I started life in a world where common sense prevailed, more often than not.
I carried a small pocket jack knife to school because, occasionally, things needed cutting (and it had a neat screwdriver blade too). Teachers never complained.
In high school (in New York State, of all places) I was on the high school rifle team (I wasn't all that good and barely lasted 1 year).
Most of us at the time were brought up with some understanding of right and wrong. We were held responsible for our actions.
I recall a news item where a small boy (7 or 8 I think) was sent home for a week because he drew a picture of a man in uniform with a rifle - his father who was in the army.
It's a different world now.
Things like Fozzer's pointing out is the result of situational ethics.
I like this from the
BBC - Situation ethics:
"So a person who practices situation ethics approaches ethical problems with some general moral principles rather than a rigorous set of ethical laws and is prepared to give up even those principles if doing so will lead to a greater good."Kinda reminds me of the old Soviet Union, where the kids that turned in their parents were held up to high esteem. Because it was "for the greater good".
So if someone thinks that it's for the greater good that you be stopped, searched, questioned, and even held overnight (because you, inconveniently, landed late in the day), just remember - the people doing so were told it's ok to do it.
So it
IS ok. Just grin and bare it.
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