What the heck is all this paper? Why do the countries of the world still engage in this moronic ritual of having their citizenry carry bunch of books and stamps and papers to wander on the planet? Most of it is a jobs scheme I think ... other is revenue generation.
Come to think of it you could simply institute a global database of fingerprints of anyone who desires to travel beyond a countries borders and have them scan the digit or two to gain entry. Visas could be granted based on an earlier elaborated topic using the RBI - or reliable bloke index. RBI is tied to the bloke's fingerprints. Higher RBI individuals qualify for global visas and can basically wander around like a high level diplomat. In fact some of the rotten diplomats would be the ones that would get scrutinized before allowing to travel if we institue the RBI.
At this point it becomes irrelevant to know where you were born and even what your name is. Think about it - your name is only what someone dreamt of when you were pooping in bed. How relevant is that to gain access anywhere?
Then there is the question of the silly people in the little glass booths asking their anal questions at the port of entry. Where you been and what you did. Uh.. I went to observe the Guatemalan anteater's bisexual lifestyle for a period of 2 months during the Chinese year of the dragon. Would that be a kosher answer? I don't know - have not tried it yet.
Then there is this issue of how many days you have to exit the nation you just entered. I mean how dumb is that. Why not let the bloke part with all his money while he is hanging in your nation before some jackass paper stamp makes him exit before he had his fix?
Get real people and mean it when you say you want to solve the unemployment issues...not by limiting people's access but by being an open society. Don't pretend to ask for their wretched and their poor - ask for their monied (together with dim would be better) so they can assist and provide a much needed jolt to the recessionary spirit that has come to inhabit our wonderful landscape.
I attempted to read this book by author Chuck Klosterman backward to forward but it started hurting my brain so I decided to stop and do it like any other publication in the English language. Start from page 1 and move to the right. Witty, caustic and thought provoking this is a book you want to read if you believe that the status quo might, just might be wrong. At times bordering on being contrarian about most things around us it tries to zero in on the notion of what makes anything believable and certain in our minds. The fact that there is a fact itself is ironic. Something analogous to the idea that you can never predict the future because there is no future. Many books and movies have tried to play on this concept - best that I recollect (I think I am) was 'The Truman Show'. This book by Klosterman attempts to provoke the reader to at least contemplate that what they think they know may be wrong. He uses examples like concept of gravity, and how it ...
yes, this can also be tried. Tourists are among the most easily parted people from their money. Everyone should have a right to be one- without paper! The technology is there, but the will seems to be missing altogether.
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