Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:16:43 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, malte@webmore.com Cc: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Funny, but true... Message-ID: <980617191643.ZM13388@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> "Re: Funny, but true..." (Jun 17, 11:57am) References: <XFMail.980615084102.malte@webmore.com> <980616003156.ZM3307@darkstar.connect.com> <19980617115708.42902@papillon.lemis.com>
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On Jun 17, 11:57am, Greg Lehey wrote: > Subject: Re: Funny, but true... > On Tue, 16 June 1998 at 0:31:56 +0000, Frank Pawlak wrote: > > > > The end result is that if you are a citizen of a foreign country, and don't > > belong to any of those classes of people, you are entirely welcome to enter, > > visit, and enjoy the USA. If you are a person of such stature that has a > > problem truthfully answering those questions, I'm not so sure that I'd want you > > here either. Be it paradoxical or not, mission acomplished. > > No problems with that. > > > Whether or not the State Department is paranoid or not, personally I'd prefer > > that they were a little paranoid. > > I wouldn't. Paranoids tend to behave irrationally. Suspicious, yes, > but not paranoid. Suspicious, would probably a better attitude, which is what I intended by preferring a "little paranoid". > > > As I stated, there are citizens of other countries, rightly or > > wrongly, that don't hold Americans or the USA in high esteem. We > > really don't need outsiders doing World Trade Center bombings or > > opening up with an AK47 and hosing the shit out of a bunch innocent > > civilians just to get their rocks off. > > Don't expect silly questions on forms to stop that class of people. > The main thing that's stopping them is their own lack of > intelligence--an serious concern when you think it out. > No, questions on forms will certainly not stop that class of people from doing whatever their intent maybe. The only thing the questions may accomplish is to prevent such people from tying up our court system, and make it easier of the US to get rid of them. There is much talk here of native fanatics doing terrorist type things on an increased level. Lack of intelligence appears to an increasing trait among people. Sometimes you wonder where the hell this world is headed. The Cold War ends and some other stuff starts. We just can't seem to grasp the ideas of respect for and acceptance of others, however different their cultures maybe. Regards, Frank > Greg > -- > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers >-- End of excerpt from Greg Lehey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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