Originally Posted by
FlyingJesus
It's not pathetic - you get stopped for a couple of minutes and fair enough, you're not carrying anything you shouldn't be and you have no bad intentions, but someone might be. If the police can't search people then anyone can get away with having knives and what have you on their person. A few minutes of inconvenience to you is well worth your safety I'm sure.
I've had a couple of stops before but not been in any real trouble, just routine stuff. Oh except for when I was taking a leak against Woolworths one night but that never amounted to anything.