TEENS ARE SHEEP UNTIL 18

Re: Untrustworthy sub-citizens herded like sheep, Letters, Nov. 30.

Drug sniffing dogs a fascist step?

Twenty years ago when I was a high school student, the worst thing we
got caught passing around were notes or an unacceptable romance novel.

Today, it's pot, ecstasy and an array of other illegal substances.
Does Mr. Darryl Marko think kids walk around the halls hugging and
blowing kisses at each other today? They're dealing.

As for violating privacy, they're public schools.

Unrest and rebellion will be the result you say? Do you read the
papers? It's going on every day at schools all over the world, drug
dogs or not. Teens think they are untouchable, and as minors, nothing
will happen to them.

The thrill of making easy money is addictive. Face it, drive by any
student parking lot and you can see that many drive nicer cars than
you or I do. Custom paint, chrome mags, stereo systems to blow your
mind. Do you think they can afford this stuff by working at McDonald's
part time?

Do not think for one second I am generalizing all teens - I'm not
naive. As usual, it comes down to protect the bad apples, at the risk
of the good, so they can prey on the innocent, and perhaps turn
someone new into an addict to support the lifestyle which they've
become accustomed.

If one has nothing to hide, why take offence to being 'sniffed?' Do
you take offence to being checked at the airport? The end result is
for the greater good, whether it is being applied to adults, or teens.

Teens, until they are 18, by law are not considered responsible for
themselves, and need to be shown the right path to take, not unlike
the sheep Mr. Marko refers to.

D. Nielsen,

Abbotsford