On Wed, 28 May 2003 07:56:34 -0700 (PDT) Michael Nellis
 writes:
> Hi, Kestrel.
> 
> --- Kestrel  wrote:
> > 
> > Ok... I've been following this case about the Muslim woman who
> > wants her driver's license to show her wearing the veil because 
> > they're violating her freedom of religion if they make her 
> > remove the veil for the photo.
> 
> How's that going, anyway?  I've got a mention on that case in my
> Chronology but I haven't heard anything about it since then.
> 
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but...
> > they're not forcing her to do anything. Having a driver's license
> > is a *choice* 
> 
> Hobson's choice.  Of course, a permit is for the convenience of the
> government.  One can also choose to allow one's permit to lapse and
> drive without it.

and face fines and jail time if caught -- we've a case of that down here.
He's appealling his conviction....

not following that one closely, just saw a letter to the editor in
response (especially re: he's uninsured, too); tygress

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But what life is without danger, really? [Jill Fredston, arctic
adventure's] father, Arthur Fredston, a courtly Manhattan attorney, was
walking near the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Her mother, Elinor Fredston, was diagnosed with peritoneal cancer almost
six years ago.... So, compared with terrorism and cancer, what's an
occasional polar bear? --Michael Ryan

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