Marian Stanescu :: My Journal

Welcome to the E.U.! Put your finger on the scanner, please; and smile to the camera!
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Welcome to Japan! Put your finger on the scanner, please; and smile to the camera!
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Welcome to the U.S.A.! Put your finger on the scanner, please; and smile to the camera!
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[...] Thank you sir/madam, we’re glad to inform you that you don’t flag as a terrorist on our database. Have a nice journey!

Can you see where the problem lies?

First the USA. Then Japan. Now E.U. will follow on the biometric requirements path set for all its foreign visitors. Is this the New World Order that Bush Sr. was talking about in early 1990s?

I’m having a hard time digesting this, and it’s probably because I had the impression that fingerprinting was more common in police work, in identifying suspect law offenders (criminals). But times are obviously changing.

From a certain point of view, one could say that we’re slowly headed towards a world with three super-states: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Now, who would that one be?

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