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As a practical exercise, try coming up with a system that could determine individual views as you suggest, that: 1) isn't trivially avoidable ("are you now, or
by zhengyi13 10y ago
As a practical exercise, try coming up with a system that could determine individual views as you suggest, that:
1) isn't trivially avoidable ("are you now, or have you ever been, a Militant Islamist?"), and
2) doesn't rely on extending the surveillance state further.
- jlebrech 10y agomaybe they need teaching about the Quran in a patriotic way.
- xherberta 10y agoIslam does allow you to lie to advance the cause. I don't know if it would allow you to eat a ham sandwich. (PS: I'm not serious)
- tropo 10y agoGo ahead and be serious. That might work decently well. We could upgrade it and cover more ground: eat a bacon cheeseburger to get a visa, and then another upon arrival in the USA. If somebody doesn't mind this too much, they are probably harmless.
- jcranmer 10y agoThe current visa application system? (That's a large part of the reason why there is so much uproar over the ban: the current visa application process in the US already does a good job of keeping out terrorists)
- nradov 10y agoCurrent immigration forms already ask applicants if they are spies. I always found that part hilarious, as if spies don't know how to lie and conceal their pasts?