Old 08-23-2008 | 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
Pursuit of happiness I was referring to was the ability to make a living in a trade of his choosing. Would I use pursuit of happiness for a coke dealer? No. That is breaking the law. Would I use pursuit of happiness when refering to tobacco, alcohol, or gun companies? Yes, they are legal.

Liberty with responsibility.... not sure where you are going with this. Should he have be "responsible" and not married a woman who has certain convictions? Should he have kept his religious beliefs a secret?

The federal government has put him on a list which limits his ability to do his job, yet they have not charged him. Imagine if I posted fliers in your neighborhood saying Ryan MIGHT a pedophile.

I'm not saying you are, but folks might want to keep an eye on you.

I would have made you a pariah: unwanted in your own town. Is that responsible? Is putting him on a watch list that, while not technically public, will find its way into the public forum (as this has) responsible? Perhaps they should put ME on a watch list since I enjoy alcoholic beverages (I MIGHT fly a plane drunk). Don't forget everyone who looks at porn or goes to strip bars is a potential rapist.

There have been a number of folks on the watch list who have no business being there. When they have tried to clear their names, they have met huge obstacles or failed completely.

Where do the watch lists end?

I say charge him or let him be!
I agree with you for the most part, my post was in legal context to the situation.
There are several Muslim pilots flying around the skies today which are not on a "watch list", we don't know the history of this guy or his wife...should something have already happened, everyone would cast blame on the government for not stopping him when they knew he was a questionable figure.
If you were known to be an alcoholic and also a pilot would that justify putting you on a list?

I agree that the government is not the most efficient institution when it comes to protecting individual rights. Everyone has the right to free speech and the Founding Fathers would say that dissent of government is a good thing but how far do you take it?