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Here we go again, another "flying is a privilege" argument.

Flying is a right: " A citizen of the United States has a public right of transit through the navigable airspace." From http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/40103

I choose to exercise that right by hiring air travel with an airline.

Airspace is a public resource that belongs to everyone.

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I think you are confusing the right to public transit with the right to transit with any commercial carrier through any engagement of your choosing...

Which is unfortunate, because I agree with your point but I don't think the law backs you up here.

So, I have a right to fly, and American Airlines has a right to fly, but the two of together lose that right?

Transit through navigable airspace is a right. Is transit with any cargo I choose a right? If it is, why doesn't that mean I have a right to fly with a concealed weapon?

That settles it, then: "the US federal government is not legitimate under the US Constitution."

Keep reading.

Weren't you claiming earlier:

"I'm offering you a communication channel to studio executives right now." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5458900

And you say stuff like you do not have a right to fly?

Too bad there's no way to have HN not show me any of your replies (without scripting).

I fail to see what my professional and personal friendship with people in the movie industry has to do with my opinions on the legalities of flying.

Too bad there's no way to have HN not show me any of your replies (without scripting).

Well, you could put a paper bag over your head when you see one coming.

> I fail to see what my professional and personal friendship with people in the movie industry has to do with my opinions on the legalities of flying.

Both of these advocate taking away rights from the citizens, the rights for which we have paid a heave price.

No they don't.

Yes they do.

Your comment history suggests that you are a crusader: willing to take great risks defending those whom you identify with, but uninterested in defending a disabled mute's right to participate in our modern society. Your arguments, however well constructed, are built on a self-serving foundation.

On the contrary, I said what I think would be an effective challenge to the TSA above. Shooting yourself in the foot (argumentatively, by unilaterally declaring the entire government to be illegitimate on spurious grounds) and then hopping about saying 'look what you made me do!' is not an effective way of changing things.

What the hell does this even mean? What's wrong with you? In what parallel universe is it civil for you to take a disagreement about the law with someone you don't know on a message board and parlay it into a claim that they don't care about "disabled mute's rights to participate in our society"?

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