Maine National Guard bars Green Party leader from flying
Sandy Sandfort
sandfort at mindspring.com
Sun Nov 4 09:14:47 PST 2001
James A. Donald wrote:
> Let us imagine the following scenario.
> You are going to board a plane.
> Someone who is known to be, or plausibly
> alleged to be, a supporter of the
> terrorist movements the US is currently
> at war with, also wants to board the same
> plane. In that situation, your views on
> their right to travel by plane will
> probably undergo a sudden change.
Even in James' wildly exaggerated scenario, I see no reason to stop them
from traveling after they had been shown not to be a threat (as was the case
with this woman). Nope, political BELIEFS are sacrosanct. Show me a
tangible physical threat or leave the lady alone.
> The enemies of freedom, which this woman
> certainly is...
Decaf, James, decaf.
S a n d y
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