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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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 Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:43 am Post subject: Japan passes bill to fingerprint foreigners |
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Smile for the camera. VISA RUN / relaxing holiday? Fingerprints please.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/17052006/6/n-odds-japan-passes-bill-fingerprint-foreigners.html
Japan passes bill to fingerprint foreigners
Wed May 17, 09:15 AM EST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Foreigners arriving in Japan will be photographed and fingerprinted on arrival as part of measures to prevent terrorism, under a measure approved by Japan's parliament Wednesday.
Civic groups and lawyers have said the legislation, approved by parliament's upper house, risks breaching human rights and invading individuals' privacy.
The new legislation, which had previously passed the lower house and now becomes law, exempts children under 16, diplomats and "special permanent residents" including ethnic Koreans. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| Bloody copycats. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:26 am Post subject: |
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Man, now all those people who hold up Japan as an example Koreans should emulate, will have to think again.  |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: |
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I got fingerprinted the first & only time in my life by immigration when I applied for a 2nd year here. I was told that was standard -- true?
It didnt feel like a deep violation of my privacy. Should I have been offended? |
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Homer
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: |
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It seems to be a tendency in many countries. My advice: get used to it!  |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:32 am Post subject: |
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Had to do it at the local police station when I worked in Germany.
German police stations aren't the most light-hearted places to visit. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| I got printed here when I arrived in'97 - didn't really care as it's not that big of a deal. |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Can someone please explain to me how this is a violation of privacy? I've really never understood it. Why is this bad? You're a foreigner entering their country, why shouldn't they have the right to keep tabs on you.
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:14 am Post subject: Who cares? |
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| It seems to me that it's really not a big deal, assuming of course that we're all law-abiding citizens. If you're not, stay in your own country and don't bring your criminal activity to the rest of the world! |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
I got fingerprinted the first & only time in my life by immigration when I applied for a 2nd year here. I was told that was standard -- true?
It didnt feel like a deep violation of my privacy. Should I have been offended? |
Maybe: I am fingerprinted every time I enter the US. Should I too be offended? Or do different codes apply outside US? |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| I got printed here when I arrived in'97 - didn't really care as it's not that big of a deal. |
I was fingerprinted the first time I arrived in Korea in 2002. I guess they must keep them because when I came back last year I didn't have to do it again.
It doesn't bother me.
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Hobophobic
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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I too was fingerprinted at immigration in 2001 here...do they still do it?...I don't see the line up for it anymore...so I am guessing not...I didn't really care...but the Princess of Seattle I went there with thought she was being treated like a criminal and acted as though she'd been violated in every which way....
...I wish they would bring out lie detectors and do a test...that would be way more of a jolly good time.... |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| The point is these things are a slippery slope. First they want your fingerprints, then they want your DNA. Then you wake up one morning with one of those giant radio collars they use on grizzlies. You think we're laughing stocks now ... |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Look at all of you bending over for the man.
Pathetic. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
Look at all of you bending over for the man.
Pathetic. |
"Your fingerprints or leave the country, now." Your response would be ...?
(Now be honest. Anything less than whipping out your sidearm will disappoint me.) |
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