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Passports
mrtravel wrote: Hatunen wrote: On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:37:31 GMT, mrtravel wrote: Hatunen wrote: It looks more to me like a subdued threat to the Maltese that Randall is a US citizen so don't try any funny stuff. It was only a couple of decades after the US went after the barbary Pirates. Interesting that it's a printed form. It's a passport. Passports back then didn't come in a little book. Why is it a passport? How do you define passport? Why not do a bit of research yourself? Passports have existed for a very long time. From: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: An official government document that certifies one's identity and citizenship and permits a citizen to travel abroad [French passeport, from Old French : passer, to pass; see pass + port, port; see port1.] (This is logical. What languages is your passport written in?) I'm surprised to see such a sloppy definition from them. The possession of a passport is not necessarily required to travel abroad not does it grant permission to do so. In my case I can for a while travel abroad to some countries without a passport and am forbidden to do some travel abroad despite having a passport. |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:35:54 +0100, The Reid
wrote: Following up to Hatunen Ah, back to the "if you're educated and successful you're not part of the culture". You ar e a twit, aren't you. That's not what I said. There are many educated people in Kansas and Iowa. why are you all bothering? I have given up. Life is more pleasnt without him. The mans clearly either a troll or a total idiot. I vote the latter. He's told that mostly only educated people speak English as a second language, He then accuses you of saying educated people are not part of the culture. He does this sort of thing all the time. You can not make progress arguing with someone who does not apply logic and honesty. What's that old saw? Don't assume malice if it can be explained by stupidity. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:35:52 GMT, mrtravel
wrote: Jim Ley wrote: On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:42:04 GMT, mrtravel wrote: From: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: An official government document that certifies one's identity and citizenship and permits a citizen to travel abroad Then you're struggling with the "permits" as he could most definately have travelled without the document, but dictionary's are never very helpful in English. It doesn't mean the issuer is permitting the person to travel, it means having the document permits the person to travel to other abroad. You logic escapes me: if the document permits the person to travel who is doing the permitting? In fact, Americans do not need passports to travel abroad (with certain rare exceptions); they need passports to enter the country they are traveling to, and possibly visas. The question is, is a passport required to do the traveling? In the case of the 200 year old Randall document, I suspect not. The Randall document isnot a passport in the modern sense of that word. I also note that the document is issued by the US consul at Malta requesting the courtesy of the island for Mr Randall, who seems to have already arrived there. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:35:54 +0100, The Reid
wrote: Following up to Carole Allen The guys who did the Twin Towers were not Iraqi and had nothing to do with Iraq. are there still a lot of Americans who don't realise that? Well, there's George W Bush... ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Travel Abroad
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:18:11 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
wrote: The Reid wrote: Following up to Frank F. Matthews Give up Dave. Of course Europeans travel abroad more. Pretty much every significant trip is abroad there. Depends what significant means? If it means "long distance" then clearly true. I think its also true that those trips will go into "significantly" different cultures. but I'm told that the existence of Creole restaurants and Philly cheese steaks (whatever they are) all over the US means that effect is neutralised in favour of the "US is best for all things" lobby. Or perhaps I just don't understand? My point is that the concept of 'abroad' is relatively useless when talking about travel. For me it takes many hundreds of miles to travel abroad. I can get to a pretty different culture in 200 miles or so. That trip wouldn't be 'abroad' though. Further up the thread we pretty much agreed tht Amrican trvel into Mexico and Canada is travelling "abroad". This is os, e.g., Belgians can say they have traveled "abroad" when the visit the Netherlands. Except going east it pretty much takes a days driving to even get out of state. While there are Cajun restaurants pretty much everywhere there are none that I know of more than a days drive from Lafayette, LA. Creole restaurants are very uncommon outside of Louisiana. As to Philly cheese steaks they aren't usually very good at any distance from Philly. I don't think "good" was a criterion. The proportion of trips 'abroad' will be significantly affected by the number of national boundaries that you cut an area up into. To confuse matters even more, each of us Americans are citizens of the state in which we reside, as well as citizens of the United States of America. In the EU each person is a citizen of the his or her state (to use the more general meaning) as well as a citizen of the EU. In America, each state has its own government with many functions independent of the central government; in the EU each state has its own government with many functions independent of the central government. In fact, the EU central government now seems to have more power in some areas of jurisdiction than the American government has in the states. So what now constitutes a "country"? And let's not even get into the question of Flnders v Wallonia or England v Scotland. Or maybe we should. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Hatunen wrote:
The question is, is a passport required to do the traveling? In the case of the 200 year old Randall document, I suspect not. The Randall document isnot a passport in the modern sense of that word. I also note that the document is issued by the US consul at Malta requesting the courtesy of the island for Mr Randall, who seems to have already arrived there. Do a bit of research on passports and then get back to us. Passports are NOT something newly created in the 20th century. |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:29:14 GMT, mrtravel
wrote: Hatunen wrote: The question is, is a passport required to do the traveling? In the case of the 200 year old Randall document, I suspect not. The Randall document isnot a passport in the modern sense of that word. I also note that the document is issued by the US consul at Malta requesting the courtesy of the island for Mr Randall, who seems to have already arrived there. Do a bit of research on passports and then get back to us. Passports are NOT something newly created in the 20th century. In my original post I admit I misspoke: I meant not that passports came into being after WW1 but that the requirement for passports in Europe came into being after WW1. And prior to WW1 "passport" meant a document a bit different from what it does today. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:35:54 +0100, The Reid
wrote: Following up to Hatunen Ah, back to the "if you're educated and successful you're not part of the culture". You ar e a twit, aren't you. That's not what I said. There are many educated people in Kansas and Iowa. why are you all bothering? The mans clearly either a troll or a total idiot. He's told that mostly only educated people speak English as a second language, He then accuses you of saying educated people are not part of the culture. He does this sort of thing all the time. You can not make progress arguing with someone who does not apply logic and honesty. I'll plonk him if you guys do! -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:57:12 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
wrote: On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:35:54 +0100, The Reid wrote: Following up to Hatunen Ah, back to the "if you're educated and successful you're not part of the culture". You ar e a twit, aren't you. That's not what I said. There are many educated people in Kansas and Iowa. why are you all bothering? The mans clearly either a troll or a total idiot. He's told that mostly only educated people speak English as a second language, He then accuses you of saying educated people are not part of the culture. He does this sort of thing all the time. You can not make progress arguing with someone who does not apply logic and honesty. I'll plonk him if you guys do! Done yesterday. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:26:42 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:57:12 +0200, Dave Frightens Me wrote: On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:35:54 +0100, The Reid wrote: Following up to Hatunen Ah, back to the "if you're educated and successful you're not part of the culture". You ar e a twit, aren't you. That's not what I said. There are many educated people in Kansas and Iowa. why are you all bothering? The mans clearly either a troll or a total idiot. He's told that mostly only educated people speak English as a second language, He then accuses you of saying educated people are not part of the culture. He does this sort of thing all the time. You can not make progress arguing with someone who does not apply logic and honesty. I'll plonk him if you guys do! Done yesterday. I'm amazed I'm not there too! -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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