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[Gorth]

I know it isn’t really funny, but I found it hard not to chuckle when you get a form in the airplane to fill out  (when transiting through a US airport) declaring if you intend to perform acts of terrorism in the US. I never had the guts to answer yes just to see what happens

[Gfted1]

[Sarex]

38 minutes ago, Gfted1 said:

You should see the visa application form for the US...

[Malcador]

35 minutes ago, Sarex said:

You should see the visa application form for the US...

"Are you White? Y/N" ?  

[Sarex]

12 minutes ago, Malcador said:

"Are you White? Y/N" ?  

Ah, that's for the in person interview.  

There is a section of like 25-30 questions that ask if you are a terrorist or if you plan to become one. I can only imagine that a lot of people get weeded out this way. I guess if you are a big enough idiot to answer some of those questions positively they don't need to waste further resources on you.

Germany's permanent residency one is funny too. They ask you how you feel about Israel and the Israel/Palestine conflict.

Edited Friday at 03:21 PM by Sarex

[Gromnir]

4 hours ago, Gorth said:

 I never had the guts to answer yes just to see what happens

am suspecting it were less about guts and more a matter o' common sense.

until our freshman year in college, our knee-jerk reaction when dealing with law enforcement were to respond with snark... and if am being complete self-honest, barely disguised disdain. poor judgement on our part.

were not US, but we once did need undergo a strip search and a rather unpleasant interrogation in an asian country, and were not even our scintillating personality which provoked the unpleasantness. simple misunderstanding. am s'posing the most shocking part o' the incident is that we received an apology, which we were informed almost never happened.

regardless, in spite o' the wisdom which comes with age and experience, we nevertheless need tamp down an extreme strong desire to respond to any predictable stoopid law enforcement query with snark. am in our freaking fifties and even so am finding that we need take a deep breath and count to at least five before responding to any kinda cop question 'cause am knowing our reflex and unfiltered response will not benefit us in anyway.

anyways, our point is that while it shouldn't be difficult to distinguish bravery from abject stoopid...

HA! Good Fun!

Edited Friday at 06:04 PM by Gromnir