Oh, you mean Tommy AxemurTHerer!
Time Magazine is reporting that Yusuf "Cat Stevens" Islam was deported thanks to a spelling error. If this is true, 1) all the justifications in the world for why he had to go are moot, as Mr. Islam (still lovin' that name!) isn't the droid they were looking for, and 2) if the Homeland Security Clownshow is still stuck in the stone age with respect to how to spell "foreign" names, and using that stone-age technology agin' good and bad guys alike, they don't even deserve to be labelled "orwellian."
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Well, I agree: when a
Well, I agree: when a functionary makes a decision, on matters great and small, it's a good thing that they be forced to have a reason and to be accountable.
Having said that, when in doubt, the border being closed to any non-citizen is okey-doke with me. So I'm torn.
One minor amplification: when I said "I don't blame them" that wasn't an endorsement of the concept of "good enough for government work". I guess I should have just left off with "it's a shitty filter". Something better is clearly called for.
How do you feel about fingerprints and retinal scans?
Yeah, me neither.
Patton, I'm totally with you,
Patton, I'm totally with you, to a point. Where I get hung up is between "the filter is shitty" and "it's good enough to work." Because clearly it doesn't work, if Ted Kennedy is on the list and Cat Stevens is getting deported for-- it turns out-- nuttin'.
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But that can bring us back to where we were earlier.
Why is it bad if the guvt says CatIslamStevensYusuf can't enter the US? Why isn't it enough?
Does he, or anyone else, have an unalienable right to enter the US?
GL, No. But given that prior
GL, No. But given that prior to his trip to Europe via Bangor, he was free to come and go, I'd like a reason why that's now changed.
I like reasons. I like accountability. I like the notion that if someone in the gubmint decides anything that seals someone's fate, it's for a reason.
Granted, DHS has aspects of
Granted, DHS has aspects of clownshow to it, but one of the first filters is a subject's name. And, for whatever reasons, that's a shitty filter to be forced to use, so I don't necessarily blame them. Middle eastern names, in particular, are subject to complete word replacement, in addition to multiple transliteration possibilities when put into English.
I'm still a little fuzzy, however, about just how Ted Kennedy's name got on the list.
I just adore being able to
I just adore being able to write "Mr. Islam" much as I love the teacher from Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Mr. Hand. I mean, c'mon!!!
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My first child will be known as Hogarth Fight The Good Fight of Faith Moonbeam. O.
Johno likes the name so much
Johno likes the name so much his first child will be named, "Islam". Or maybe Johno O'Islam, Jr?
I can't wait until a guy
I can't wait until a guy named John Smith tosses a Molotov Cocktail somewhere. Hilarity shall ensue ;)