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March 09, 2006
"Census-Objector" Resorts To Stunts To Avoid Being Counted
The latest: "cryogenically freezing" himself (in a fridge) to claim he was "legally dead" at the time of the census.
But this isn't the first stunt:
In 1986 he claimed he was possessed by the spirit of an ancient ape and was not legally a person. This failed in court.
In 1991 he filled out his form in Latin and nailed it to a tree. In 1996 he hovered over Garden Place in a hot air balloon and was deemed to be out of New Zealand's legal air space. In 2001 he was genuinely absent, in Australia tending to a dying friend.
He now has five years to work on his next stunt, which he says could involve either time travel or hypnosis so he believed himself a turnip, not a person.
Something tells me that this guy is not quite as afraid of being noticed as his actions might suggest.
Thanks to Craig.