Steve Furlong <sfurlong@acmenet.net> writes:
On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 05:18, Peter Gutmann wrote:
The US now has the dubious distinction of being more obnoxious to get through the borders than the former East Germany (actually even without this measure, the checks had become at least as obnoxious as the East German ones). I wonder whether the next step will be building a wall...
Reign in the overheated rhetoric. The East German state built their wall to keep the East Germans from leaving, while the US policies are meant to keep out a demonstrated threat.
I never made any comment about who's keeping what in or out (the wall was officially an anti-fascist protection barrier, also meant to keep out a demonstrated threat). What I was pointing out was that having been through both East German and US border controls, the US ones were more obnoxious. Peter.