posted on April 11, 2002 01:38:45 PM new
Just think what it would have been like if this law had been enacted in the early 1980's. Back then, before learning how AIDS is transmitted, hysteria was rampant in many cities and victims of the disease were treated like mad dogs foaming at the mouth. You can only imagine that victims would have been hauled off the street and quarantined, even though no proof of how the disease was actualy spread existed at the time. All it takes is a mixture of both fear and suspicion and you have a horror of unlawful control that only Republicans enjoy experiencing.
posted on April 11, 2002 01:56:21 PM new
My gut reaction after reading this article was fear along with a realization that we need arms more than food and water to prepare for the threat of "Homeland Security".
Gravid, I vaguely remember reading something in my local paper about this a few months ago. If I can find out where California stands legislatively on the issue, I'll post the info here.
The model law is now being considered by state legislatures, and many more will take up the law in new state legislative sessions in January 2002. Some of the states that have begun work on the law and the respective legislators who are sponsoring the legislation include:
California - Keith Richman
New York - Richard Gottfried
Illinois - Lisa Maddigan
posted on April 11, 2002 04:03:17 PM new
I used to think that people like that were wackos until I read about all the presidential states of emergency we are under and realized all it takes is a whim and a stroke of the pen now for the President to enact martial law. Congress has already abandoned any say they had in the matter.
The personality of the present President and the way he uses the word "I" so frequently when issuing orders instead of "we" does not make it look less likely either.
posted on April 11, 2002 06:32:27 PM new
This reminded me that when the Soviets used to really want to bury someone so deep they would never see the ligh t of day again they did not put them in a prison or a camp. They put them in a hospital as a mentally ill person. Prisoners have much more rights than someone who is a patient admitted against their will.
