>>>John,
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>>>How does you contry feel about that? Do you have an open border?
>>>
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>>According to the latest polls I've seen over 70% of the respondents are agin it!<g>
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>>>New Zealand's borders are the South Pacific Ocean punctuated by a desert continent full of snakes, spiders, crocodiles and Australians. ;-) Not easy to sneak in here! But there are still illegal aliens.
>>>
>>>FWIW, borders in Europe are fairly open. I've travelled between Switzerland, Germany and France quite a few times without anybody asking for a passport.
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>>Who would WANT to go to New Zealand or Europe anyway?<vbg>
>
>I caught the VBG at the end but if you ever get the chance, visit New Zealand. The scenery is awesome and the people are unbelievably friendly.


I would love to go there. There's just this little thing with the money and all. . . . They held the world Fire and Police Games in Australia several years ago and several of our officers went. They said it is absolutely beautiful.