QandO has an excellent piece on a Loony Libertarian in NH. Get this:
A Keene Libertarian who tried to board a flight carrying nothing but a Bible and a copy of the Declaration of Independence was arrested yesterday at Manchester Airport.Seeing that QandO is quite libertarian, this piece should be very informative. The discussion goes several directions, but starts with the specific statement that you don't have a "right" to transportation.
Russell Kanning, 35, was arrested after refusing to comply with security screening procedures and refusing to leave the screening area, according to the Rockingham County sheriff's department. He was charged with criminal trespassing and was being held at the Rockingham County jail.
Kanning's wife, Kat Dillon, said her husband has refused to have his bail posted and will remain in jail until his arraignment tomorrow. She said sheriff's deputies were very kind in handling the incident.
"He went in with his Bible and his declaration, and when he refused to be patted down and all that, the sheriffs led him off and arrested him," she said in a phone interview yesterday afternoon.
Kanning, an accountant and staunch Libertarian, said last week he hoped his actions would highlight what he considers overly burdensome state intrusion.
"What he was trying to get across is that people need to be able to travel with dignity," said his wife. "They've just gotten to a point where security is ridiculous."
"We want people to think about it: Do you want to give up all your rights and live in a police state?"she said. "I don't think they can make us secure if they're bombing other countries . . . To be perfectly honest, I'm in far more danger from my own government than from any terrorist."
Some of the arguments they discuss with commenters are a bit strange in the assumptions of rights. People seem to think they have a lot of rights that just don't exist.
Personally, I think this guy has fallen off the edge of libertarian and into the cesspool of Anarchism.
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