I have a lot of American-Arab in-laws and they are regularly mistreated as they go from airport to airport. The only time that my wife did not recieve a "random" security check was after she married me and got my American last name.
My brother in law, who couldnt hurt a fly, has been checked every time and treated rudely and even interrogted. His high school band went on a trip to Washington DC and a tough-looking Secret Service agent asked him if his last name was "some kind of joke."
My father-in-law regularly runs into the same kind of problems.
These are merely anecdotal, but this shows that those in official positions sometimes rely on predujices to decide who is "suspicious." This has been true even before the Patriot Act. It just makes me worry that these officials will label someone as suspicious just because of their last name. Why arent they looking for better evidence instead of wasting their time strip searching everyone whose name last name ends with Al- ?
It figures that a spaceport would open there, they do some eccentric, interesting stuff. You should check out their architecture!
I hear quite a bit about the UAE because I have family there. Dubai sounds like a pretty cool place to visit. I hear that it is the "New York" of the Middle East. There are even a handful of celebrties that have homes there, including Johnny Depp. They seem to really like Americans over there.
Any UAE residents on Slashdot? Enlighten us with your comments...
For those of you who don't believe that computer games claim lives, you should check out War Games. The game came close to leveling the entire planet! (kidding)
According to Christmas lore, eating a Mince Pie every day in the run up to Christmas will make for a happy year ahead. But how, in the fast-moving modern 21st century, with our daily lives, filled with rush and stress can we hope to do this?
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I have a lot of American-Arab in-laws and they are regularly mistreated as they go from airport to airport. The only time that my wife did not recieve a "random" security check was after she married me and got my American last name.
My brother in law, who couldnt hurt a fly, has been checked every time and treated rudely and even interrogted. His high school band went on a trip to Washington DC and a tough-looking Secret Service agent asked him if his last name was "some kind of joke."
My father-in-law regularly runs into the same kind of problems.
These are merely anecdotal, but this shows that those in official positions sometimes rely on predujices to decide who is "suspicious." This has been true even before the Patriot Act. It just makes me worry that these officials will label someone as suspicious just because of their last name. Why arent they looking for better evidence instead of wasting their time strip searching everyone whose name last name ends with Al- ?
It figures that a spaceport would open there, they do some eccentric, interesting stuff. You should check out their architecture!
I hear quite a bit about the UAE because I have family there. Dubai sounds like a pretty cool place to visit. I hear that it is the "New York" of the Middle East. There are even a handful of celebrties that have homes there, including Johnny Depp. They seem to really like Americans over there. Any UAE residents on Slashdot? Enlighten us with your comments...
For those of you who don't believe that computer games claim lives, you should check out War Games. The game came close to leveling the entire planet! (kidding)
I looks like any idiot can also make a usb drive "100% CHRISTMAS COMPATABLE".
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According to Christmas lore, eating a Mince Pie every day in the run up to Christmas will make for a happy year ahead. But how, in the fast-moving modern 21st century, with our daily lives, filled with rush and stress can we hope to do this?
The answer, of course, is a USB mince pie!
What, no comparisons to Microsoft yet?
"Son, I wrote this thing called a keylogger..."