"Keith" wrote in message
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Maybe it's time we re-examined this "it's a priviledge, not a right" line.
I
guess when horses were the prevalent mode of transportation, driving an
auto
was a "priviledge" of the rich, who could afford them. Nowadays, how would
one survive without a car, at least in most parts of the U.S.? You'd get
killed trying to ride a bike to work in a lot of big cities, run over by
those "Priviledged" auto drivers. Driver's licenses are still just another
revenue generation tool, since obviously there are plenty of accidents by
all those "trained and approved" drivers.


You have a right to travel anyplace you want in this country without some
goon asking to see "ze paperz, pleaze". How you travel is in no way
guaranteed, mentioned, suggested or alluded to in the bill of rights or the
constitution.

I'll tell ya what, though - if you'll do this, I'll forget the previous
paragraph and agree with you. Ready? Stand in a busy airport. Have yourself
chained to an immovable object. Distribute rotten fruit to the first 200
people who walk by. Distribute baseball size stones to perhaps 50 of those
people, and loaded pistols to perhaps a dozen people. Using a bullhorn,
announce that training and testing for airline pilots is a violation of some
imaginary rights and should be ended immediately. Continue making this
announcement until you lose consciousness.

Let me know which airport.