Steve Furlong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 05:18, Peter Gutmann wrote: >>The US now has the dubious distinction of being more obnoxious to get through >>the borders than the former East Germany (actually even without this measure, >>the checks had become at least as obnoxious as the East German ones). I >>wonder whether the next step will be building a wall... > >Reign in the overheated rhetoric. The East German state built their wall to >keep the East Germans from leaving, while the US policies are meant to keep >out a demonstrated threat.
I never made any comment about who's keeping what in or out (the wall was officially an anti-fascist protection barrier, also meant to keep out a demonstrated threat). What I was pointing out was that having been through both East German and US border controls, the US ones were more obnoxious. Peter.