Re: [Debian-NYC] Debconf 10 - NYC bid [video]
On Aug 19, 2008, at 8:11 PM, Thomas Krichel wrote:
>
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
>> It seems that the people who oppose the NYC bid because of the
>> immigration issues are a very small, but loud minority.
>
> Who can blame them? Do you really want to travel to NYC
> to give up your laptop for good?
>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/01/0958242
I don't think anyone here is defending these actions, but you have to
put them into perspective of what could happen to you in other
countries.
Consider that in the UK they can hold you and all your stuff for 28
days with no charges if they deem you a terrorist suspect.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6729027.stm
In France, they can hold you for 6 days:
http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/4081/188/
In the U.S. it is still a well enforced 24-hours. For example, the
NYPD paid major fines for holding people for 30 hours without charge
during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
.hc
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel
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