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. Now, we can productively discuss the effectiveness of the US government's actions (ie, not very damn effective), but that's a different topic.