Re: European country forbids its citizens from smiling for passport photos

2005-09-17 Thread Sidney Markowitz
New Zealand did this earlier this year, as part of giving in to pressure from the US to have passports with biometric information. Here is a press release of last June from the NZ Green Party's Human Rights spokesperson. A quote from it "Most people arriving in our fair land have smiles on the

Re: European country forbids its citizens from smiling for passport photos

2005-09-17 Thread Chris Kuethe
On 9/17/05, William Allen Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you really need to click on this link to know which one it is? > > http://cbs5.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_258152613.html > > I guess we should give neutral facial expressions for the photo, then > smile (or frown) while in t

Re: European country forbids its citizens from smiling for passport photos

2005-09-17 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 10:52:48AM -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote: > Do you really need to click on this link to know which one it is? U.K.? http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/12/news/travel13.php All of them? US and Canadia as well? > http://cbs5.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_2581526

Re: European country forbids its citizens from smiling for passport photos

2005-09-17 Thread lists
From: William Allen Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Do you really need to click on this link to know which one it is? > http://cbs5.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_258152613.html Which one it is depends what the meaning of one is. Announced in multiple news sources last year: http://news.bbc

European country forbids its citizens from smiling for passport photos

2005-09-17 Thread William Allen Simpson
Do you really need to click on this link to know which one it is? http://cbs5.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_258152613.html I guess we should give neutral facial expressions for the photo, then smile (or frown) while in the airport Sounds like the technology (still) isn't ready for prime