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I smoke pot, and don't like the idea of being targeted at train stations because I smoked a spliff the night before while wearing the same sweater. FYI I am not
by King-Aaron 8y ago
I smoke pot, and don't like the idea of being targeted at train stations because I smoked a spliff the night before while wearing the same sweater. FYI I am not 'poor' and I do have a small fleet of my own cars, but people with a small quantity of money behind them a) also like to smoke drugs on occasion and b) also do use public transport.
Edit: I realize that sounded a bit snide, apologies. I think my point is that it's not so much a fascist thing, and I agree with the GP that calling the draconian drug policies fascist does detract from the legitimately scary/quasi-fascist things that are going on. I fear that the more we misconstrue these kinds of arguments, the harder it will be to make progress.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoI guess calling it all-out fascist is perhaps a hyperbole. But it's creeping authoritarianism. To me though, having police posted with dogs at train stations just looks especially authoritarian. Police dogs (whether drug dogs or attack dogs) are primarily a tool for intimidation.
- King-Aaron 8y agoI agree with you tbh. Considering the tremendous false positive rate with sniffer dogs too, I find the use of them especially hard to justify as anything other than intimidation. Got to remember though that when police do big operations like that, they may also often be looking for one specific target/individual, but have to use a blanket approach to apprehend them. So while you may be caught up in the "random" checks, they may just be using it as a facade to catch a truly dangerous person.