Comments on: All your fingerprints are belong to us http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/ Scuba diving in Okinawa, and all things to do with Japan Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Big in Japan | Fingerprinting begins http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-4159 Big in Japan | Fingerprinting begins Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:48:31 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-4159 [...] the fingerprinting of foreigners who are entering in Japan has been going for around 36 hours now, and already the news reports are [...] […] the fingerprinting of foreigners who are entering in Japan has been going for around 36 hours now, and already the news reports are […]

]]> By: brian http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3987 brian Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:01:56 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3987 and what are they going to do about my 3rd thumb from my twin brother which i absorbed during birth...fingerprint all of them? that would throw "them" for a lopp--deviating from the plan...heavan forbid. or my greenthumb for that matter. and what are they going to do about my 3rd thumb from my twin brother which i absorbed during birth…fingerprint all of them? that would throw “them” for a lopp–deviating from the plan…heavan forbid. or my greenthumb for that matter.

]]> By: Guy at the airport http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3983 Guy at the airport Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:32:31 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3983 Hi Dave, Good to see you back online, for starters and definately a good topic you picked there. Crystal put it pretty much on the table, the way I see it as well. The 'terrorist threat' is just a wild card to get the most ridiculous laws in place that are a complete violation of privacy. You put a rather nice slant on it by pointing out that only the Gajin can be terrorists, not Japanese nationals. Do I smell a racist rat? Keep it up Dave, I miss your blog entries! Hi Dave,

Good to see you back online, for starters and definately a good topic you picked there.

Crystal put it pretty much on the table, the way I see it as well.

The ‘terrorist threat’ is just a wild card to get the most ridiculous laws in place that are a complete violation of privacy.

You put a rather nice slant on it by pointing out that only the Gajin can be terrorists, not Japanese nationals. Do I smell a racist rat?

Keep it up Dave, I miss your blog entries!

]]> By: soldave http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3982 soldave Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:03:32 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3982 Thanks for the comment Crystal, and for sticking with my blog in the relative drought of entries in recent weeks. I don't think anyone feels safer, because we know that it's not the main reason the governments are doing it. It's just 1984 coming to reality. It's the same with blocking terrorists bank accounts. You can imagine the conversations going on in a small cave on the Afghan/Pakistan border: "So, are we going to bomb that train tomorrow?" "Well, I would but I've got to save my money these days!" Thanks for the comment Crystal, and for sticking with my blog in the relative drought of entries in recent weeks. I don’t think anyone feels safer, because we know that it’s not the main reason the governments are doing it. It’s just 1984 coming to reality.

It’s the same with blocking terrorists bank accounts. You can imagine the conversations going on in a small cave on the Afghan/Pakistan border:

“So, are we going to bomb that train tomorrow?”
“Well, I would but I’ve got to save my money these days!”

]]> By: Crystal http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3981 Crystal Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:47:30 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/11/14/all-your-fingerprints-are-belong-to-us-2/#comment-3981 The US is pulling the same crap, violating personal rights in the name of 'terrorism'. I am a firm believer that if people want to do something bad, and they actually have a brain, they are probably going to succeed. There are millions of ways to avoid all of these 'safe guards' we put in place and we are constantly shown their failures. We cannot watch everything 100% of the time. All the laws are doing is pissing off innocent people. The governments are just using fear to implement laws that would otherwise never pass. Look at the US and wiretapping, that was (and still is) a fiasco and a half. What I really want to know, does any one actually feel safer, or just that everything is a huge hassle now? The US is pulling the same crap, violating personal rights in the name of ‘terrorism’. I am a firm believer that if people want to do something bad, and they actually have a brain, they are probably going to succeed. There are millions of ways to avoid all of these ’safe guards’ we put in place and we are constantly shown their failures. We cannot watch everything 100% of the time.

All the laws are doing is pissing off innocent people. The governments are just using fear to implement laws that would otherwise never pass. Look at the US and wiretapping, that was (and still is) a fiasco and a half.

What I really want to know, does any one actually feel safer, or just that everything is a huge hassle now?

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