From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 13 14:41:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA12627 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 14:41:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net [208.213.203.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA12615 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 14:41:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net) Received: (from lee@localhost) by st-lcremean.tidalwave.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA24910; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:41:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lee) Message-ID: <19980613174107.42635@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:41:07 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Funny, but true... Reply-To: lcremean@tidalwave.net References: <199806131959.QAA25251@roma.coe.ufrj.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <199806131959.QAA25251@roma.coe.ufrj.br>; from Joao Carlos Mendes Luis on Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 04:59:19PM -0300 X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE (soon to be 3.0-CURRENT) X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 04:59:19PM -0300, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote: > The most laughable thing is the form I was required to fill. > It is composed of some reasonable questions: Name, Address, > Documentation, etc., but also has these question (in portuguese, > the translation is mine): > [strange questions snipped] > Do these guys really expect some real terrorist or similar to > answer yes to any of these questions ??? I think greg is partially right; I'd assume that a visa form, like most other binding US Government forms, is subject to the USG's perjury laws--according to those, reporting false information on a government form is equivalent, at least in lip service, to lying in a trial (which is the strict definition of perjury). The root of this, though, is the fact that the State Department is paranoid, very paranoid. I'm sure they have some right to be at this moment, after all the attacks on US installations in the Middle East (and the NYC World Trade Center bombing here 5 years ago) by rabid Islam fundamentalists...and the Nazi thing is because there are Nazis hiding out in South America, apparently, that avoided the Nuremburg trials in 1946 (most are very old now, and I would not doubt they'd all be dead in 10 years). -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD+++^ri P&B++ SL+++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac/95/96 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | lcremean@tidalwave.net FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://st-lcremean.tidalwave.net/~lee | finger me for geek code To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message