Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf10 - call for Location proposals
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 09:51:21AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 2008/8/12 Patty Langasek <harmoney@dodds.net>:
> > Right. Because there are NEVER foreign visitors to the US EVER. There is no
> > tourism here. At all. We're all draconian and evil people.
> > ...
>
> Well, I understand your frustration about several things said here. But I might
> add another reason which is probably neutral about US behaviour about
> visitors: I have to apply for a passport that includes my fingerprint if I want
> to go to US. But I also do not really like to have my own government to keep
> my fingerprint in their databases. If I want to avoid this I can not attend a
> DebConf in US (and so I do not consider attending).
>
That is actually not related to having Debconf 10 in the US, as the US
government doesn't require a passport with fingerprint.
It is something related to your government which includes fingerprint
in the passport.
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