Comments on: “Mother, may I?” http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/ Challenging ID Demands Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:41:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: AutoMen http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-75482 AutoMen Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:24:19 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-75482 It does not require a “Yes” answer, just the absence of a “No”. Still despicable, and to be fought tooth and nail, but not as you described. Hell me pliss It does not require a “Yes” answer, just the absence of a “No”. Still despicable, and to be fought tooth and nail, but not as you described. Hell me pliss

]]> By: music lover http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-68675 music lover Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:12:29 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-68675 ////Since there will be a travel-eligible social class, access to some economic opportunities will be restricted. Expect the combined impact of global capital mobility and restricted labor mobility to be strengthened, for a faster race to the bottom.//// I consider, that in real conditions there will be all in another way ////Since there will be a travel-eligible social class, access to some economic opportunities will be restricted. Expect the combined impact of global capital mobility and restricted labor mobility to be strengthened, for a faster race to the bottom.////

I consider, that in real conditions there will be all in another way

]]> By: Valdez http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-65459 Valdez Fri, 23 May 2008 20:42:18 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-65459 I appreciate your actions already, but mass public opposition may also help the cause, and if available, I would like to take part. I appreciate your actions already, but mass public opposition may also help the cause, and if available, I would like to take part.

]]> By: music http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-53784 music Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:16:06 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-53784 What do you mean ? What do you mean ?

]]> By: Lori http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-18033 Lori Fri, 11 May 2007 19:22:19 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-18033 1. Like the former East Bloc, America will be a nation that builds walls to keep people IN. 2. Like apartheid-era South Africa, America (thanks to 'Real ID') will be a nation with internal passports, a 'pass law.' Fans of Faux network series "Dark Angel" will recall the notion of 'sector passes.' 3. Since the passports (and eventually the people) contain RFID chips, it's basically a human inventory-tracking system. 4. Since there will be a travel-eligible social class, access to some economic opportunities will be restricted. Expect the combined impact of global capital mobility and restricted labor mobility to be strengthened, for a faster race to the bottom. 1. Like the former East Bloc, America will be a nation that builds walls to keep people IN.

2. Like apartheid-era South Africa, America (thanks to ‘Real ID’) will be a nation with internal passports, a ‘pass law.’ Fans of Faux network series “Dark Angel” will recall the notion of ’sector passes.’

3. Since the passports (and eventually the people) contain RFID chips, it’s basically a human inventory-tracking system.

4. Since there will be a travel-eligible social class, access to some economic opportunities will be restricted. Expect the combined impact of global capital mobility and restricted labor mobility to be strengthened, for a faster race to the bottom.

]]> By: JOMS http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-807 JOMS Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:36:10 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-807 i SUBMITTED A REPLY ON December 22nd, 2006 at 9:27 pm IT APPEARS WITH MY FULL NAME, HOWEVER I WOULD PREFER THIS NOT BE THE CASE. PLEASE CHANG THE NAME TO : "JOMS". tHANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. i SUBMITTED A REPLY ON December 22nd, 2006 at 9:27 pm IT APPEARS WITH MY FULL NAME, HOWEVER I WOULD PREFER THIS NOT BE THE CASE. PLEASE CHANG THE NAME TO : “JOMS”.

tHANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

]]> By: JOMS http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-805 JOMS Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:27:11 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-805 MR. HASBROUCK, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT ALLOWED TO BOARD DUE TO WHATEVER REASON, i.e., Misidentified or erroneously “not cleared” would-be travelers..WHAT WOULD VETTING DO TO IDENTIFY AN ERRONEOUSLY "NOT CLEARED" PASSENGER FROM A "HIGH RISK" ONE? ..PRESUMABLY, in the eyes of DHS, THAT "HIGH RISK" PERSON MUST BE A TERRORIST AND COULD/SHOULD BE DETAINED ON THE SPOT, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, ETC...IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT PERSON THAT'S EVER SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE CURRENT REGIME, TAKEN PART IN PEACE DEMOS, PERHAPS EVEN VOTED AGAINST MR. BUSH, ETC., WILL EVER WANT TO RISK SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE BY PLANNING TO TAKE AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT OR CRUISE FROM OUR SHINY SHORES? I BECAME SUSPICIOUS WHEN I SCANNED THRU THE PROPOSAL AND RAN ACROSS THE TERMS..."SECURE HIGH RISH PASSENGERS"..."DETAIN FOR FURTHER VETTING, ETC." PLEASE REFER TO SECTION III , PARA A.1.5, SENTENCES 3, AND IN PARA 7 AND 8 OF THE PROPOSAL...KINDLY FORWARD RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL IF POSSIBLE...THANKS. MR. HASBROUCK, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT ALLOWED TO BOARD DUE TO WHATEVER REASON, i.e., Misidentified or erroneously “not cleared” would-be travelers..WHAT WOULD VETTING DO TO IDENTIFY AN ERRONEOUSLY “NOT CLEARED” PASSENGER FROM A “HIGH RISK” ONE? ..PRESUMABLY, in the eyes of DHS, THAT “HIGH RISK” PERSON MUST BE A TERRORIST AND COULD/SHOULD BE DETAINED ON THE SPOT, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, ETC…IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT PERSON THAT’S EVER SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE CURRENT REGIME, TAKEN PART IN PEACE DEMOS, PERHAPS EVEN VOTED AGAINST MR. BUSH, ETC., WILL EVER WANT TO RISK SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE BY PLANNING TO TAKE AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT OR CRUISE FROM OUR SHINY SHORES? I BECAME SUSPICIOUS WHEN I SCANNED THRU THE PROPOSAL AND RAN ACROSS THE TERMS…”SECURE HIGH RISH PASSENGERS”…”DETAIN FOR FURTHER VETTING, ETC.” PLEASE REFER TO SECTION III , PARA A.1.5, SENTENCES 3, AND IN PARA 7 AND 8 OF THE PROPOSAL…KINDLY FORWARD RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL IF POSSIBLE…THANKS.

]]> By: cruise master http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-649 cruise master Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:29:21 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-649 Personally, I am not sure I wanna go out like that. or even go near the water again Personally, I am not sure I wanna go out like that. or even go near the water again

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS dismisses the right to travel http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-319 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS dismisses the right to travel Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:20:02 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-319 [...] So I guess they mean that as long as they give us permission to travel, they can impose whatever restrictions they feel like on how, when, or where we are allowed to travel, or what papaers we need? [...] [...] So I guess they mean that as long as they give us permission to travel, they can impose whatever restrictions they feel like on how, when, or where we are allowed to travel, or what papaers we need? [...]

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Every traveler is a target http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-318 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Every traveler is a target Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:30:59 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/12/mother-may-i/#comment-318 [...] The database will be used for “targeting”. The DHS doesn’t say what will happen to you if your lifetime travel score makes you one of their targets, but presumably it will be one of the factors the DHS will use to decide whether to give you permission to travel. The Identity Project has filed comments with the DHS, objecting to this proposal. Among other things, we’ve pointed out that Congress has expressly forbidden the DHS from spending a penny on any system like this to assign risk scroes to airline passengers, and that the Privacy Act forbids any Federal agency form collecting information abotu how we exercise rights protected by the First Amendment — like our right to travel — except as expressly directed by Congress. [...] [...] The database will be used for “targeting”. The DHS doesn’t say what will happen to you if your lifetime travel score makes you one of their targets, but presumably it will be one of the factors the DHS will use to decide whether to give you permission to travel. The Identity Project has filed comments with the DHS, objecting to this proposal. Among other things, we’ve pointed out that Congress has expressly forbidden the DHS from spending a penny on any system like this to assign risk scroes to airline passengers, and that the Privacy Act forbids any Federal agency form collecting information abotu how we exercise rights protected by the First Amendment — like our right to travel — except as expressly directed by Congress. [...]

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