http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2008/06/more_no_knock_nonsense.html defending our rights from the ramparts Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2008/06/more_no_knock_nonsense.html#comment-770 Linoge Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:14:33 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=569#comment-770 But... but... if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about! And if the people's shirts and vests say "Police", then they must be! I mean, you cannot exactly go down to a military surplus store and <em>buy</em> those! [/snark] And, in addition to the "no-knock" problem, the last I paid attention to international law, when one country's military forces conducted unauthorized operations and killed people on another country's soil, that amounted to an <em>act of war</em>. Of course, you know what would help with this kind of situation, as well as most of the other problems associated with Mexico? A fenced, defended border. But no one seems willing to commit to either of the aforementioned options. But… but… if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about! And if the people’s shirts and vests say “Police”, then they must be! I mean, you cannot exactly go down to a military surplus store and buy those!
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And, in addition to the “no-knock” problem, the last I paid attention to international law, when one country’s military forces conducted unauthorized operations and killed people on another country’s soil, that amounted to an act of war.
Of course, you know what would help with this kind of situation, as well as most of the other problems associated with Mexico? A fenced, defended border. But no one seems willing to commit to either of the aforementioned options.

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