tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post2887345243377340304..comments2023-10-02T16:20:05.107+02:00Comments on People become stories and stories become understanding: Self-Survelliance - Man Assists the U.S Government in Monitoring his MovementsDi Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-15011328058107222262007-06-01T11:10:00.000+02:002007-06-01T11:10:00.000+02:00I liked Hasan's way of dealing with it ... finding...I liked Hasan's way of dealing with it ... finding his story in this crazy mixed up world he did make me laugh.<BR/><BR/>I remember a Belgian telling me very seriously that maybe it was taking so long for the Belgian 'powers that be' to let me into Belgium because I had lived in Turkey 2 years ... <BR/><BR/>I was stunned that anyone could believe nonsense like that but these days I find myself unwilling to test it by visiting friends in America.Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-22148244506920372332007-06-01T01:17:00.000+02:002007-06-01T01:17:00.000+02:00You may want to read this related article from the...You may want to read this related article from the Guardian:<BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/<BR/>usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html<BR/><BR/>- an article by Naomi Wolf<BR/><BR/>Quote (from point 6):<BR/><BR/>---<BR/>"Professor Walter F Murphy is emeritus of Princeton University; he is one of the foremost constitutional scholars in the nation and author of the classic Constitutional Democracy.<BR/><BR/>Murphy is also a decorated former marine, and he is not even especially politically liberal.<BR/><BR/>But on March 1 this year, he was denied a boarding pass at Newark, "because I was on the Terrorist Watch list".<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Have you been in any peace marches? We ban a lot of people from flying because of that," asked the airline employee.<BR/><BR/>"I explained," said Murphy, "that I had not so marched but had, in September 2006, given a lecture at Princeton, televised and put on the web, highly critical of George Bush for his many violations of the constitution."<BR/><BR/>"That'll do it," the man said.<BR/><BR/>Anti-war marcher? Potential terrorist. Support the constitution? Potential terrorist.<BR/>--<BR/><BR/>Shocking...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com