karla brunet (email) on Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:32:46 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> An ID for ID makes the whole world a mess :) |
This ID photo had a big repercussion here in Brazil. It made Brazilians proud of themselves, because we are used to be rejected/denigrated and we accept that. This is not about revenge, it is a reciprocity law (if we need a visa, they need a visa, if we need to be identified, they need to be identified.). It is said that the pilot and his crew were making fun of the Brazilian identification, laughing of it, saying it is a joke. Even though De Gaule once said that Brazil is not a serious country. There is a lot of serious people here, working seriously. It is a lot more than soccer and carnival. It was interesting to see the people interviewed on the subject. The great majority said agreed with the procedures of the federal police saying that if a Brazilian would have done the same gesture in the USA, for sure he/she would be denied the entry and would have been taken to court. In the end the story had a happy end: the pilot slept a night in the airport and American Airlines paid a fee to free him. The fee was donated to an old folk's home nearby the airport. At least some people were beneficiated from his joke. karla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrice Riemens" <patrice@xs4all.nl> To: <nettime-l@bbs.thing.net> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:50 PM Subject: <nettime> An ID for ID makes the whole world a mess :) > With thanks to Paul Wouters. > > -------- > > Brazil Jails American Airlines Pilot Over Fingerprinting Snub > By LARRY ROHTER <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net