[!CrackMonkey!] Canadia issues travel advisory; don't go to the US

[Mister Bad]

>>>>> "d" == dep  <dep at linuxandmain.com> writes:

    SM> "The Canadian government has issued a travel advisory with a
    SM> twist: It suggests citizens born in Iraq, Syria and other
    SM> countries targeted by U.S. anti-terrorism policies consider
    SM> avoiding travel to the United States."

    d> many in the united states, upon hearing the report, responded,
    d> saying, "yes! that's right! don't come here! very dangerous!
    d> stay away!"  -- dep

So, at issue here is the fact that Canadians of Arab origin have been
_disappeared_ by the American border patrol. Literally, taken into a
big building somewhere and never heard from again. Not right after
9/11; some people disappeared in October of this year.

When Canada officially complained ("Um... could we please have our
citizens back, please?"), the US government called them soft on
terrorism. "You hockey-pucks should be willing to detain your own
citizens without trial, or the terrorists have already won!"

The US government puts Americans and non-Americans in big boxes and
never lets them go. No trial, no deportation, nothing. There are
people still missing from the sweeps of _last_ October. It's not just
shameful; it's probably a crime against humanity. It's Gulag
Archipelago tactics.

It creeps my ass out.

~Mr. Bad

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