Re: More info that US passports will get RFID and digital signatures

[Roland Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Hansen 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> On 1 Nov 2004 at 13:19, Roland Perry wrote:
>
> > the US-VISIT is addressing the specific risk
> > of people creating mayhem once they've been admitted.
>
> The inmates of the USA are perfectly capable of creating mayhem on
> their own, without the attentions of anyone from outside.
>
> Thinking one's country is full of lovely people and only faces attack
> from "outsiders" may be reassuring, but it is bound to fail.

In the short term, the reassurance wins.

> While USAians can sometimes appear to have descended from
> Coropral Jones this is to some extent the product of the mass media.

I was more thinking of the red-neck "go whop their hides" attitude, at 
the slightest provocation.

--
Roland Perry