On 10/20/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Robb wrote: > > > Up here, driving a car is considered a privledge, not a right. The police > > have been determined to have the right to ensure that you qualify for the > > privledge. > > They give us that same line in the US and I think it's a bunch of crap. > Riding a bicycle isn't a privilege, walking isn't a privilege, skateboarding > isn't a privilege and neither is any other method of transport. Buying into > that requires buying into the idea that freedom is something that the > government can mete out as it sees fit. > > We're free to drive as long as we don't endanger anyone. If we make too many > mistakes and endanger too many people then that freedom is taken away.
everyone is free to drive whatever they want in any manner they want on private roads. once one gets on a public road, i think the state has every right to control/regulate the operation of high-powered multi-tonne machinery... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
