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Should the US refuse to admit British Pakistanis without visas?

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    Should the US refuse to admit British Pakistanis without visas?

    I would be concerned to vote yes for fear of being regarded as a racist
    Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life

    #2
    Originally posted by oloks
    I would be concerned to vote yes for fear of being regarded as a racist


    Oh, my answer to the question is anyone behaving suspiciously in an airport should be targeted.
    Last edited by scotspine; 3 May 2007, 09:52.

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      #3
      The Yanks have a right to refuse entry to anyone they choose, however this particular targeted group would be a little offensive.
      I also do not understand the particulars of the target group. Are Brits of Pakistani background the only likely terrorist threat to the US?
      I am not qualified to give the above advice!

      The original point and click interface by
      Smith and Wesson.

      Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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        #4
        Originally posted by Kyajae
        Oh, my answer to the question is anyone behaving suspiciously in an airport should be targeted.
        Whatever they have planned is normally done well before getting to the airport, part of the training is that they should blend with the norm and society around them.
        Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life

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          #5
          How do they differentiate? I have a Pakistani chap working with me, and you'd think he was just another Yorkshireman from a long line up on't'Moors.
          Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
          threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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            #6
            Hang on...are they British or Pakistani. Their ethnic origin may be Pakistani, but if they are British, they should be treated the same as all other Britons. In the case of the Yanks, they treat us all like the mud on their shoes anyway...
            Illegitimus non carborundum est!

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              #7
              Is there a link to this story?

              Since RR tried to blow up his shoe I had thought that the days of the visa waiver scheme for the UK were numbered.
              How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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                #8
                Originally posted by threaded
                How do they differentiate? I have a Pakistani chap working with me, and you'd think he was just another Yorkshireman from a long line up on't'Moors.
                Is he named Asif ?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by threaded
                  How do they differentiate? I have a Pakistani chap working with me, and you'd think he was just another Yorkshireman from a long line up on't'Moors.
                  One of the recently incarcerated bombers was a convert was he not? So how does being Pakistani equate with terrorist. Is this perhaps a political ploy to squeeze Musharraf. ie: clean house or we'll make life difficult for all Pakistanis everywhere.

                  No doubt Tony will come up with a "rational" explanation why the british goverment will not lodge a complaint with the US if the US does take this tack with any british passport holder.
                  McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
                  Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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                    #10
                    A thought that strikes me is that these biometric passports were brought in so that people could continue to do the visa waiver thang with the USA. Obviously that is now all bollox, so are the UK scumervent going to drop these biometric passports? I won't hold my breath...
                    Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
                    threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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