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This kind of nonsense is why as a tourist, I would think very carefully before ever going to the US, and have little desire to. Based on what I know about the

by craigds 11y ago

This kind of nonsense is why as a tourist, I would think very carefully before ever going to the US, and have little desire to. Based on what I know about the place, I'd feel uneasy the whole time I was there, as though I could be arrested at any moment just for crossing the road the wrong way. One time I took my Irish passport instead of my NZ one by mistake when entering Australia, and I was subjected to dog sniffs and minor harrassment by the border control staff, which made me very uncomfortable. From what I understand that's nothing compared to what you can expect as a foreigner entering the US. Do other non-Americans feel this way or is it just me? I can't imagine this situation does wonders for American tourism or business. FWIW my experience of police (in both NZ and in Germany) has been that they're always very pleasant to deal with.

chasing 11y ago
Calm down. You'll be just fine traveling the United States. You might even have a pleasant interaction with an American police officer which you can add to your list. They're mostly just good people trying to do good work, just like the rest of us.
- spacemanmatt 11y ago
  [citation needed]
  - chasing 11y ago
    > [citation needed] Look it up.
krapp 11y ago
>I can't imagine this situation does wonders for American tourism or business. The US appears to be the second most common tourist destination in the world, with about 75 million arrivals in 2014 alone[0][1], so I guess it's doing just fine, and is not actually a nightmarish police state, and most people come and go without incident. Feel free to jaywalk with impunity. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings [1]http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Fast_Facts_2014.pdf http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Fa... ^Yes, it's a PDF.

by craigds 11y ago

chasing 11y ago

Calm down. You'll be just fine traveling the United States. You might even have a pleasant interaction with an American police officer which you can add to your list. They're mostly just good people trying to do good work, just like the rest of us.

spacemanmatt 11y ago
[citation needed]
- chasing 11y ago
  > [citation needed] Look it up.

krapp 11y ago

>I can't imagine this situation does wonders for American tourism or business. The US appears to be the second most common tourist destination in the world, with about 75 million arrivals in 2014 alone[0][1], so I guess it's doing just fine, and is not actually a nightmarish police state, and most people come and go without incident. Feel free to jaywalk with impunity. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings [1]http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Fast_Facts_2014.pdf http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Fa... ^Yes, it's a PDF.