Re: rhetorical trickery

["John C. Randolph" <jcr@idiom.com>]

tomservo@access.digex.net (Scott Fabbri) Says:

>An entity self-representing as "Vladimir Z. Nuri" writes:

>>sure, a government agent could insist, "well, don't be a bonehead.
>>it's obviously his diary, and surely contains all his crimes against
>>children".

>A standard attitude among LEOs is: "if you're not guilty of something, what
>are you hiding?" Skilled ones use this lever to get suspects to allow
>searches of their property on the flimsiest of pretenses.

This is why we need to adopt the standard attitude of "Well, Officer,
If you're not a jackbooted thug, why are you asking me to consent to
an unreasonable search?"

-jcr