Une Vague De Disparition

[Antoninov]

Un libertarien mentionne la possibilité pour un américain de se faire porter disparu dans un événement comme le tsunami, pour disparaître au yeux du gouvernement…

The Vanishing American

At this writing (1/6) the State Department says there are 36 confirmed Americans dead in the tsunami zone, and 2,600 not yet accounted for.  I am not blaming any bureaucrat for the discrepancy; the nature of the catastrophe must make such counting incredibly difficult. But it occurs to me that this news uncovers information valuable to freedom seekers; for apparently, at present the government does not "track" Americans leaving the country.

When biometric IDs are implemented everywhere, don't count on this for long, but it means that when you fly off for a weekend in Thailand, Uncle will be none the wiser. When you return, he will know, but not until.

So, just suppose you happen not to have been seen in public since just before Christmas, and suppose you really, really want to get out of Uncle's sight--to "drop out" as the phrase has it. Many freedom seekers have good reason to do exactly that. Then as far as Uncle knows, you acted on an impulse to celebrate the holidays in Phuket, and were tragically swept out to sea and lost.

Your friends notice your absence about now, and make some of the 25,000 phone calls to the State Department asking where you are, and after several weeks in which you continue a low profile in, say, a campground in the woods near Portland, OR (see Dain

Fitzgerald's recent STR article) that "missing" category changes to "presumed dead." And hey, presto, you are permanently off the radar of the IRS, DEA, ATF or whoever is hottest on your tail and all you need is a new name and a modified appearance . . . for which many authors in the Loompanics catalog stand ready to help.

Notez qu'il mentionne un vieux fait divers dont j'avais entendu parler il y a quelques jours seulement: un père et sa fille de 6 ans ont été retrouvés vivant presque en autarcie dans les bois d'un parc national. A la surprise de tout le monde, l'enfant était en bonne santé, équilibré et tout à fait bien éduqué… Un argument un peu extrême en faveur du home-schooling :-)

Le fait divers:

Forest family had an elaborate camp among trees

[Coldstar]

Excellent!