Re: "Planning" a trip to Europe

On Jun 29, 5:35 pm, jnati...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (SuchaMuggle) wrote:
MonkeyJuggler wrote:

Oh you should try entering the US as a foreign citizen.  I've never been
treated more like a criminal anywhere than at US immigration.  I had fewer
hassles getting into Serbia a year after we bombed them than I did
visiting our bestest ally in the whole world.

I was appalled, on my last re entry into the US, to see that our border
people were PHOTOGRAPHING and FINGERPRINTING EVERY person who came to
visit.

John

Dear John and Alan,

I feel you brothers. I am not really impressed with the TSA, DHS, and
basically the entire U.S. government. To keep things in perspective,
here's a few other countries that bust balls from time to time (YMMV):

Japan (just went there last week. They are photographing and
fingerprinting too)
Australia (man, they went nutso when I brought in kendama--it's a wood
item, I know, but an anal cavity search for that? Hmmm...)
Israel (not getting in, but getting out. Ask me about my experience
leaving Ben Guerin airport with Tr'espace after IJC 2006. It's a LONG
story)
India (man, I love getting shaken down for bribes by actual government
officials)

Please don't mistake my comments for knee-jerk American apologism--the
U.S. blows too. Ask Jouni.

John, you gonna be at the EJC? Please say yes. =)

matt
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