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They're two more pieces of information that can be abused by a country with extremely weak data protection laws, and consequently abused by corporations and even nefarious types within that country (because data is so easy to purchase there). The more information they have, the easier it is to profile you, and impersonate you.
If we use retinal scans and fingerprints as ID, someone will eventually mimic them. I can cancel my credit card. I can change a password. My fingerprint is forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rorymon
One more thought. Every single one of the 19 (or thereabouts) guys who took over those planes had a valid passport.
Personally, I'm more offended, when you have to perform a mini-striptease at the airport at the security checkpoints. :mad: Belts/Shoes/Plastic Bottles are not essentials anymore, they're potentially WMD, because a few disgruntled nutters tried to use them as explosives on a plane, once. The elderly are refused air travel, if they don't have all the required ID paraphernalia. Then there's the data protection laws in America. Osama and co, must be in stitches at this lunacy. That's their whole aim, to disrupt/upset/scare people. Why bother launching terror attacks, when the relevant authorities in the "free" world are doing their work for them? :mad:
Well hopefully it'll come in EU wide for all those travelling on US Passports, and like Brazil, just the plain old ink and paper (for the retinal scan too ;) ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rorymon
Rome is in Italy! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rorymon
Seriously though you miss the point. Sure this or that measure on its own may seem harmless but its a slippery slope. Pretty soon they'll have curfews, maybe even segregated Arab/white communities, what then? Concentration camps.
This "War on Terror" - terror of the Wests own making is being used as a catch all excuse for anything governents want to do, be it waging a murderous war on innocent people or chipping away at our civil liberties. Remember what the motto of the great French revolution was? "Liberty, Fraternity, Equality." I think whoever wrote that would be horrified to see what is going on in the world today.
Matters little whether we like it or not as rely on the US for everything. We can moan about them but we may as well be the 51st State.
- Foreign Investment by US MultiNationals. Our economy would collapse if they pulled out.
- Illegal Irish emigrants in the US. They could deport them in massive numbers if had the politicial will.
- Oil supplies. We are completely dependent on oil especially from the Middle.
Its not likely but if the US took a dislike to Ireland could put kill our economy if all US companies pulled out & they sent back all the illegal irish.
:eek:
The US economy itself is up sht creek right now so it may not matter anyway.
I dont see the big deal
So you have to register to enter -same as this site
Your info is kept on file -same as this site
you dont have freedom of speech -same as this site
the US says if you dont like it go some where else -just like this site .
Covered by strict data protection laws, just like this site?
The US: Generally nice people but quite a few a*seholes there - Just like this site. :cool: