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Dan Abel

In article >,
wrote:

> I don't know how you feel about it but I resent that we as your
> neighbour have to produce passports to cross the border we have been
> doing so as friends and neighbours for over a 100 years. It makes us
> feel as though we're the enemy you want to keep out and not your
> neighbours. Think about it.

I've thought about it -- a lot. I feel like I'm an enemy in my own
country. I'm flying on Saturday, within the country. I will have to
show a government-issue photo id, more than once, in the process of
getting to the aircraft. My wife cannot see me off at the gate anymore.
I will have to go through security. I've already lost one knife. It
had a one inch blade. So I will have to remember to put my pocket knife
in my checkin bag. I will have to put any liquids, other than medicine,
in the checkin bag. They will X-ray my checkin bag. Last two times I
flew, they opened the bag. My carry on bag will be searched. It may or
may not be a detailed search, as I have medical supplies that involve
needles.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA