Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, Of course it won't make any difference - but I won't have to put up with it. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure "voting with your feet" would make much difference. The > draconian measure is a fairly ineffective response to a problem that > is not being addressed by all necessary means. Tourist dollars will > not be a major factor in changing policy unless there are verifiable > connection. > > I just went through the LAX, and it's a zoo compare to PDX, SEA, YVR, > SFO, SJC, or PHL, the last airports I flew through in the last 6 > months. Not sure if it is always this bad. They did handcheck my film > thougbh (wheee...). Of course I thank them profusely. > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com> wrote: >> I have stopped going to the USA - my last trip was in 2002, and >> barring emergencies, or traveling to Galapagos which I plan to do >> sometime, that will be my last. Could not stand the paranoid and >> intrusive visa and security authorities, and the shoddy and demeaning >> treatment meted out to my wife and myself. No reason we have to put up >> with that. You cannot change the system, you can only vote with your >> feet. >> Cheers >> Jayanand > > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: > http://rfman.wordpress.com > // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >