JohnnyTyler
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Warning: This is probably going to be long and rambling.
Last night the wife, daughter and I were watching the evening news and an interesting story came up. Seems NC wants to start teaching kids how they should react to a traffic stop and teach it as part of their drivers ed. Doesn't seem like too bad of an idea. But what the news piece was about is there is some debate on which government agency should be tasked with setting the guidelines for the instruction and it seems that NC Highway Patrol will be given the job. Upon hearing this I half jokingly said that a police organization should not be in charge of this to which my wife replied “Why not?”. My response was that they would obviously right the guidelines from their point of view and in their favor. Of course they're going to tell you to comply with all commands and if they ask to look in your vehicle you should just let them. At this point there's still a heavy dose of sarcasm in my voice as I'm halfway making a joke while trying to point out how this could be abused by the police but what came next nearly made my head explode. My wife says “If I'm not doing anything wrong what do I care if they search my car, I've got nothing to hide”. WHAT? Then for the real killer; my daughter says the exact same thing! BOOM! Head explodes. WTF! Apparently I have failed as a father for my daughter to say such a thing. She's 12 so maybe I have time to reverse the socialist indoctrination she's being fed everyday. Well fast forward about an hour of me giving examples and scenarios where such a seemingly innocent statement could go horribly wrong and a long discussion on the 4th amendment I think I finally swayed their opinion. It was a good learning opportunity for my daughter and it reminded me I need to remain vigilant about making sure she is not being blinded by the leftist/socialist beliefs she hears daily in school. The other scary thing is while discussing this with some coworkers today I was shocked to hear how many had the “I have nothing to hide” attitude also. But then again, maybe it's just me.
If you made it this far thanks for listening. Rant off. Gotta run, I hear the helicopters getting closer and the tin foil is getting tight.
Last night the wife, daughter and I were watching the evening news and an interesting story came up. Seems NC wants to start teaching kids how they should react to a traffic stop and teach it as part of their drivers ed. Doesn't seem like too bad of an idea. But what the news piece was about is there is some debate on which government agency should be tasked with setting the guidelines for the instruction and it seems that NC Highway Patrol will be given the job. Upon hearing this I half jokingly said that a police organization should not be in charge of this to which my wife replied “Why not?”. My response was that they would obviously right the guidelines from their point of view and in their favor. Of course they're going to tell you to comply with all commands and if they ask to look in your vehicle you should just let them. At this point there's still a heavy dose of sarcasm in my voice as I'm halfway making a joke while trying to point out how this could be abused by the police but what came next nearly made my head explode. My wife says “If I'm not doing anything wrong what do I care if they search my car, I've got nothing to hide”. WHAT? Then for the real killer; my daughter says the exact same thing! BOOM! Head explodes. WTF! Apparently I have failed as a father for my daughter to say such a thing. She's 12 so maybe I have time to reverse the socialist indoctrination she's being fed everyday. Well fast forward about an hour of me giving examples and scenarios where such a seemingly innocent statement could go horribly wrong and a long discussion on the 4th amendment I think I finally swayed their opinion. It was a good learning opportunity for my daughter and it reminded me I need to remain vigilant about making sure she is not being blinded by the leftist/socialist beliefs she hears daily in school. The other scary thing is while discussing this with some coworkers today I was shocked to hear how many had the “I have nothing to hide” attitude also. But then again, maybe it's just me.
If you made it this far thanks for listening. Rant off. Gotta run, I hear the helicopters getting closer and the tin foil is getting tight.