= Сообщение: 4064 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Robert Bashe 2:2448/44 17 Jul 16 08:50:02 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 17 Jul 16 08:50:02 Тема : Brexit FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+578b2b8b На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+578ab25b = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=6884.enetsyso@1:249/303+1bf0e680 ============================================================================== Michiel van der Vlist wrote to David Rance on Saturday July 16 2016 at 23:53:
MV> About fifteen years ago, I stopped renewing my passport as I would MV> have to submit fingerprints. I don't want to do that for a avriety of MV> reasons and I do not need a passport any more to travel within the EU. MV> An identity card is enough and I can still get that without submitting MV> fingerprints. I do not want to submit to the outrageous security MV> measures installed after 9/11 for commercial flying, soI don't think I MV> will travel outside the EU any more anyway.
Interesting, that our views on this matter coincide so closely. My German passport is valid until 2020, and after that I won't renew it either, for the same reason as you give. In my view, only criminals are fingerprinted - and that used to be the case. Nowadays, fingerprints are required for German passports - and again if you happen to visit a number of countries - the USA being the leading example, but there are others as well.
I also don't want to travel anywhere I can't get to with a car anymore, for the same reasons you cite. I still remember how pleasant it was to travel before 9/11 - but those days are long past. Now air travel is nothing but hassle and high prices.
I go even further and vigorously dislike the "mug shot" photos now required for national IDs and passports: no hats, no smiles, just an unfriendly stare at the camera (at least you're not forced to remove yopur glasses). But unfortunately, these are impossible to avoid.
