Originally Posted by GUWonder
Reading more closely what I wrote, one would certainly know that what you say is not part of my definition of being "harrassed". I was talking about people being "stopped and harrassed" by police/security forces. A coffee shop (if applicable and it's generally not) conversation would not be classified as such unless it involves police/security forces STOPPING and bothering innocent parties by engaging them when they don't wish to be engaged.
Don't let the truth of what I said stand in the way of mischaracterizations and propaganda opportunities. But the truth of what I said still stands as correct.
As a law enforcement officer, I have never forced anyone to talk to me (the secret pill doesn't exist). If you don't wish to talk to the police don't open your mouth. If the Officer has RS to stop you then you get stopped (Thanks to the founding fathers and the supreme court). If it expands to PC then you get arrested.
Law enforcement officers may talk to you, and we wouldn't know that you didn't want to be bothered until we asked. I can honestly say I can't ever remember having a conversation with someone that felt as if I were bothering them much less harrassing them. You as a person have the right to attempt to engage anyone in conversation and nothing is to prevent it. So do the police.