Blendi, you have been caught by Baha trap. :) You wrote: >After all, as >much as I like going there, I can find places to go and spend my money >without waiting in line for 5-9 hours to enter there just because they >have decided to play a kids game at their airports ... What makes you think that this will not be the thought of someone planning to visit US? The problem is, treating every foreigner like a criminal. As I said, the US-VISIT (they should have named it US-DON't be coming hea now!) program is wrong. It won't capture terrorists.. It will humiliate the people from other countries. It will cost a lot of money with not a single effect of catching bad guys.. I am all for catching suspected people, but putting EVERYONE under this is a bit of arrogant. BAHA Fan of "Dude , where is my country?" :) -----Original Message----- From: Blend Qatipi [mailto:blendq@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:43 AM To: airline; Skyone Subject: [Sky-1] Re: Way to go Brasil!!! :) I'm not sure what's to cheer for in this case They decided to go tit-for-tat - it's absolutely their sovereign right to do so. For those that don't know, Brasil already requires visas for US citizens. It is a problem though when they don't have the proper procedures or the technology to do so. If the travelers encur delays of 5-9 hours waiting in line to have their fingerprints taken with inkpads and paper it is telling of a process just created as a tit-for-tat and not of a necessity or need. I think it's going to create more problems for Brasil rather than the travelers - their country image and their tourism industry. After all, as much as I like going there, I can find places to go and spend my money without waiting in line for 5-9 hours to enter there just because they have decided to play a kids game at their airports ... Blendi --- Bahadir Acuner <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Two thumbs waaayy up for Brasil.. They decided to fingerprint, question > and > take pictures of US Citizens visiting their country.. Tit for tat.. > > Before someone gets gangbanging on me being one sided, fing foreigner, > with > the new rule that our smart as hell TSA is putting together , Richard > Reid > and Zackarias Massoui would have no problem getting into US as they were > carrying British and French passports respectively. > > BAHA > Fan of real security. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus SkyOne--The Airline News Channel To Post message: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List owner: Skyone-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skyone URL: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Skyone/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Skyone-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/