Charles Hunter wrote in a message to Steve Kemp:
SK>And then I'd pay the silly little fine. It's as if you think disobeying
  >a cops order would land me in jail...I doubt it. But if I did..well, I'd
  >at least still be true to my convictions (no pun intended).
 CH> Suppose...........just suppose the POLICE OFFICER was in
 CH> pursuit of a child molestor who just grabbed a child;
 CH> and............just suppose that IF you had complied with
 CH> the law and his order he could have apprehended that child
 CH> molestor and prevented him from killing the child.....which
 CH> he did.  And suppose, the District Attorney in your
 CH> jurisdiction felt that your action amounted to a felony
 CH> crime incidental to the death of the child.  Would you take
 CH> it so lightly? I think not.
Starting to get carried away again?
You can "suppose" or "what if" until the you have the world being destroyed 
and that won't change the basic premise about commandeering cars that is 
under discussion here.
Alan
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