[extropy-chat] Hyperbole

[David Lubkin]

Read the quote from the judge.  Even for our hyperbolic age, it's impressive.


-- David Lubkin.

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3358627.stm
>Brazil to fingerprint US citizens
>
>A Brazilian judge has announced that US citizens will be fingerprinted and 
>photographed on entering the country.
>
>Judge Julier Sebastiao da Silva was reacting to US plans to do the same to 
>Brazilians entering the United States.
>
>He made the order after a Brazilian government office filed a complaint in 
>a federal court over the new US immigration measures.
>
> From 5 January, travellers from all countries which need a visa to enter 
> the US will undergo the same checks.
>
>"I consider the act absolutely brutal, threatening human rights, violating 
>human dignity, xenophobic and worthy of the worst horrors committed by the 
>Nazis," Federal Judge Julier Sebastiao da Silva said in the court order.
>
>The new security measures will come into effect on 1 January unless Mr Da 
>Silva's ruling is challenged by the justice system.
>
>Anti-terrorism
>
>Washington's new rules are part of increased anti-terrorism measures.
>
>They aim to identify people who have violated immigration controls, have a 
>criminal record or belong to groups that Washington has on its list of 
>"terrorist" organisations.
>
>An official from the US Department of Homeland Security said at least two 
>of the 19 hijackers in the 11 September 2001 attacks could have been 
>stopped if this security system had been in place.
>
>It will not apply to citizens of 27 nations who do not require a visa to 
>enter the US.