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Old 05-06-2008, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ThomPaine
The simple facts are that the city of NY does not have jurisdiction over me to tell me what i can or cant do in a privately owned automobile.

Haha, they most certainly do when you're in one of the five boroughs that comprise the City of New York (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island).

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Originally Posted by ThomPaine
I am not a person and was not operating a motor vehicle, so it seems pretty cut and dry to me...

You're not a person? Then what are you, an ape who learned how to type English, or a visitor from another planet?

Person = human being. You, me, everyone still breathing who is a member of the species homo sapiens.
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We reject Skurdal's argument that he is a "free man" exempt from the laws because he has "no contracts" with either the state or federal governments...No persons in Montana may exempt themselves from any law simply by declaring they do not consent to it applying to them...Accepting Skurdal's assertion of exempt status is an invitation to anarchy. We decline that invitation. - State v. Skurdal, Supreme Court of Montana, 235 Mont. 291, 767 P.2d 304 at 308 (1988).
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