BIBULD AT HIS BEST

By Larry Parr

More power to Jerry Bibuld for refusing to give his identification to
the clerks. I like to think I would have done the same, though I concede that
after being led away from the window by four cops I might not have gone back
for another go-round.

One lawyer who might have taken this case is a dear old friend, a
libertarian now on the Washington State Supreme Court. He was once arrested
for refusing to leave his automobile which was being towed. He was sued for
false arrest -- and lost. He sued the Post-Intelligencer in Seattle for a
libel and collected about $150,000.

Mr. Bibuld got his refund and ticket without providing his ID, though the
cops confiscated it. That's fine. Bibuld held to the point at issue.

This was Bibuld at His Best.

For others on this forum, of course, it was Bibuld at His Dottiest. So
what's wrong with national identity cards and cops asking for "your papers" and
perhaps later saying, "Yore, papers appeeer to be in ohrder, Herr Bibuld."

It is the difference between what used to be called the Old and New
Worlds.