[...] > And I-94W Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure Form > asks on the back C.: "Have you ever been ore are you now > involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist > activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and > 1945 were involved, in any way, in persecutions associated > with Nazi Germany or its allies? - Yes/No" and just on > general principle I left the answer open and told the > immigration officer I hadn't even been born then and saw no > appropriate answer to that question and thus would prefer to > leave it open or cross it out altogether. Boy was there wind > blowing in my face. In fact he said, if I didn't look like > such a nice kid otherwise, he'd send me right back. IIRC this > was also at a time when I had to sign that I was not a > terrorist (which still has me wondering if terrorists who > signed this were treated any differently in court than those > who didn't as well as whether or not a single terrorist ever > said "oops, I'm not supposed to go there" and got on the next > plane home after apologizing profusely to immigration) aaw weeell =)
There is a story, possibly apocryphal, that on entering the USA for the first time Oscar Wilde in reply to the question "Is it your intention to overthrow or attempt to overthrow the government of the United States of America" wrote "Sole purpose of visit". They let him in without a murmur. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
