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A check point is a point where people or things are checked. It could be military or civilian. It could be permanent or temporary. It could be 1 person and a ve
by pseudalopex 23d ago
A check point is a point where people or things are checked. It could be military or civilian. It could be permanent or temporary. It could be 1 person and a vehicle parked in a road. This would not be a military installation to most people. Or dictionaries. Or laws.
- Manuel_D 23d agoAnd the point remains, regardless of semantic quibbling: a checkpoint is probably the least surprising place to encounter surveillance. Arguably, it's the whole point of a checkpoint to surveil, "checking" in your terminology, who's passing through.