An oxymoron in crime?

Question

In the American justice system you are considered innocent until proven guilty. But in the everyday world you are essentially guilty until proven innocent. Most stores you walk into have more than one security measure, magnetic tags, the scanners at the doors, cameras, etc., that scrutinize everyone who walks in, so everyone is assumed a potential thief. When going to a bank (unless you have an account there) or government agency you are required to provide generally multiple ID's to prove that you are who you are as they assume you are not.

Is it just me or is it sad that the few who are commiting crimes and falsifying information have caused the rest of us, the larger majority by far, who are doing nothing more than our personal legal business to be inconvienienced and scrutinized so that we can weed out the law breakers? I understand that it is the easiest way to go about it it's just kinda odd that the two processes are opposites.

Answer 1

I don't think you know what an oxymoron is. You might be thinking of irony.

Answer 2

I do understand your point and I agree that it is ironic. Unfortunately, the actions of others result in limited freedom for the rest of us. I'm not sure what to suggest as an alternative though. Those who do steal or rob leave us with higher prices... kind of a lose lose situation?!

Answer 3

It's ironic, but there's no contradiction. People have the right to privacy and to safeguard their property, and that supercedes the legal right to be presumed innocent.