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Re: [OM] RE: Truth -- Warning! *OT*

Subject: Re: [OM] RE: Truth -- Warning! *OT*
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:30:59 -0700
no reasonable person
could conclude that a U.S. citizen traveling within the United States or
abroad has freedom of travel not surpassed by a Swiss Citizen...

Actually, I think this could be conclusively proven or disproven. There are MANY places where US citizens are not welcome that a "neutral" Swiss citizen can easily go. There are MANY places where the US State Department issues official warnings not to visit, where Swiss citizens blithely go on holiday. There are even a few that our freedom-loving government WILL NOT ALLOW us to go to, which is not true of the Swiss.

But then I'd guess Rob wouldn't care to visit any of those places anyway, so they don't count. :-)

And should your international flight get hi-jacked by terrorists -- do you think the guy with the Uzi collecting passports gets excited when he sees a red one with a cross on the front? Nah, they get bonus points for the blue ones with the eagle! :-)

In my experience living abroad -- which includes 18 months in Switzerland -- the Swiss passport is among the most respected and coveted.

But anyway, so long Rob. It's been disturbing. Email filtering is wonderful -- feel free to put me in yours.

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: Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>

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