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For the same reason we don't frisk everyone all the time. Privacy does matter, but long ago society decided to suspend those rights at the border. If you want
by leereeves 10y ago
For the same reason we don't frisk everyone all the time.
Privacy does matter, but long ago society decided to suspend those rights at the border.
If you want to revisit that, fine, but don't claim current policy is a change. Searching people at the border has been standard practice for a long time.
- tptacek 10y agoCan you be more specific about what "reason" you're referring to? It's not at all clear to me what it is from the logic you're employing upthread.
- leereeves 10y agoThe second sentence mentioned the reason. Privacy does matter. It's in the Bill of Rights. And it should matter. But like every right, it has exceptions. One exception we mostly agreed on, until recently, was being searched when crossing the border.