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Ron.M
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From: Scotland
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Are you a Terrorist?
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In the wake of the recent arrests of suspected Al Qaeda operatives posing as students here in the UK, I have just heard that one of the questions on the UK Visa application form asks "Are you a Terrorist or not". "If the answer is YES, then please fill in details in the box provided". Now I see why the Civil Service top positions are staffed by ex Public School, ex Oxford and Cambridge graduates and why we must pay them colossal salaries and pensions, or we'll lose the cream of the talent to other countries. Mind you....I was rather surprised on being handed a "landing card" to fill in on my first flight to the United States, which asked... "Do you intend in any way, to protest against, disrupt, undermine, subjugate or otherwise attempt to overthrow the Government of the United States?" Apparently, one English writer and wag (Evelyn Waugh) wrote down... "Sole purpose of visit" ....and was detained for a week by the Authorities. cheers, Ron
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Date Apr. 10 2009 11:58:56
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srshea
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Joined: Oct. 29 2006
From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest
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RE: Are you a Terrorist? (in reply to Ron.M)
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Shortly after 9/11, Iranian filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami was denied entry into the U.S., where he had been invited to attend the New York Film Festival. Now, he had already been in the U.S. several times before, attending other festivals during the 90s, and he didn't blow anybody up then. And his films are very apolitical, and are definitely not controversial or inflammatory in any way (To western audiences, at least. His films have frequently been banned in his own country, partly for being "too western"!). Kiarostami is about as known and respected a name in world cinema as you can get, so why the State Department couldn't spend five minutes figuring that out and avoiding the embarrassment of making us look like complete dipshits is beyond me.
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Date Apr. 10 2009 15:12:55
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