Airlines - the newest members of the international community of nations.
From: http://cgi.newcity.com/exitlog/frameset.php?close=http://www.citypaper.net/a rticles/101801/news.godfrey.shtml&back=http://www.newcity.com "'When a passenger passes through security, it is under the jurisdiction of the airline. We dont get involved,' he says, adding that stories like Godfreys are likely to become increasingly common." Wow, I didn't realize airlines had law enforcement powers and "jurisdictions" akin to those of state actors.
At 03:06 PM 10/18/2001 -0700, Black Unicorn wrote:
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"'When a passenger passes through security, it is under the jurisdiction of the airline. We dont get involved,' he says, adding that stories like Godfreys are likely to become increasingly common."
Wow, I didn't realize airlines had law enforcement powers and "jurisdictions" akin to those of state actors.
They don't, they're just enforcing their property rights ;-) steve
On Thursday, October 18, 2001, at 03:06 PM, Black Unicorn wrote:
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"'When a passenger passes through security, it is under the jurisdiction of the airline. We dont get involved,' he says, adding that stories like Godfreys are likely to become increasingly common."
Wow, I didn't realize airlines had law enforcement powers and "jurisdictions" akin to those of state actors.
A chilling story. It reports "patting down," interviews with the National Guard, police involvement, and multiple hours' worth of harassment...all for having a novel in his luggage. Fuck Amerika...it is time for the empire to fall. It talks a good game, but implements police state measures. -Tim May "The State is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else." --Frederic Bastiat
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