Oddly enough, being a bleeding-heart, pinko liberal, I don't really have a problem with it. Since I have no intention of ever doing anything that would get me thrown in jail, I kind of appreciate the fact that if something happens, my prints are on file to aid in proving it wasn't me.

>Hi,
> One other thing bothers me with the US, what would you think if, to be allowed into our country as a tourist you had to be fingerprinted at the point of entry. This currently is the case upon entry into the USA.
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>It is a violation of basic rights of freedom.
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>Your thoughts.
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>>I thank you for alerting us to this. As you know, under the repressive Bush/Cheney dictatorship the news is censored here and this kind of evidence of the Police State we live under doesn't get out. And even if it did, most Americans would be too stupid to realize that this news article is significant and represents and an archtypal example of the kind of repression that is ubiquitous in our society.
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>>If I can sneak out after curfew and avoid the helicopters and police dogs I hope to be able to make to the Canadian consulate to seek asylum in a more enlightened society where this kind of atrocity could never take place.
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>>Pray for me ...
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