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While the other countries don't have TSA most other countries have their own security theater.
by chrismcb 11y ago
While the other countries don't have TSA most other countries have their own security theater.
- Vivtek 11y agoNot like the TSA they don't. I'm an American with a Hungarian wife and we travel a lot. For the last ten years or so, every year entering the United States has been more and more like entering an armed camp. Really it's a whole lot like Eastern Europe used to be - the looks of suspicion, the whole "why did you even leave?" attitude. That's not TSA so much - on the contrary, TSA workers are, nearly without exception, pretty upbeat, efficient people enforcing rules they know are kind of silly. But Homeland Security as a whole is just one mistake after another, old-school Stalinist wannabes trying to bring back the good old Cold War gravy train. Entering Europe, on the other hand? Nobody cares. Hi, you're here, need a taxi? Just the way America used to be.
- cguess 11y agoI feel ya. I'm an American citizen based in Eastern Europe (grew up in Milwaukee, let's say I don't pose an enormous "presence" or have much of an accent). Last time I came into Washington DC the border guide asked me "how long are you staying?" I very desperately wanted to just say "as long as I want."
- Vivtek 11y agoEeyowtch.