I am very sorry to have to cancel my forthcoming U.S. tour due to what I
consider to be completely unreasonable demands by the U.S. Embassy in
France in order to renew my
work visa.
In order to obtain this new visa, the rules have once again changed since
November 2004 and I would now have to not only fill out an exceedingly
probing application form, but also be interviewed by a member of the
Embassy staff, and provide proof of ownership of my house, details of my
bank account, my mobile phone records, personal information on all my
family members and more. I consider these demands to be a complete
violation of my privacy and my civil liberties and I refuse to comply.
I am horrified by these new regulations and feel really sad that this is
what some call freedom and democracy.
It has now become almost impossible for an artist to come and perform in
the United States. And until this new proceedure changes I will
unfortunately refuse to comply with this nonsense.
Thank you for your understanding.
Laurent Garnier
phone records? bit OTT
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Jan-27-2005 23:41
Az
took me all the way back
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Walking to John O'Groats for some spastics
fucking hell
Jan-27-2005 23:49
NiteMer
Prog/Trance Ambassador
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Denver, CO
That's too bad. Would love to see him. But those Frenchies deserve to get some shit after not having our back on anything.
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Jan-27-2005 23:51
Konijn
Subverting Paradigms
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: New York City
quote:
Originally posted by NiteMer
That's too bad. Would love to see him. But those Frenchies deserve to get some shit after not having our back on anything.
Originally posted by Konijn
except that pesky old revolutionary war thingy
Okay. True. Within the last century. I was really joking anyway. The stereotypical American attitude. Then I could have said, "If it weren't for us, they'd be speaking German right now."
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Jan-28-2005 00:20
Boomer187
Spicy Hotdog
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: USA
that terrorist.
Jan-28-2005 00:21
idoru
You Can Call Me Al
Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia
Ouch, that sucks.
And for the record, just because a bunch of power-hungry maniacs put those laws into place, doesn't mean the rest of the country agrees with it.
Jan-28-2005 00:21
Az
took me all the way back
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Walking to John O'Groats for some spastics
quote:
Originally posted by NiteMer
That's too bad. Would love to see him. But those Frenchies deserve to get some shit after not having our back on anything.
if you're talking about recent non support, I believe they were 100% justified, weren't they?
Jan-28-2005 00:37
November
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Byhåla
quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
that terrorist.
+ 1
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Jan-28-2005 00:53
Billabong
Sexing up da sharks
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: LA Confidential
Seems a shame that a country has been reduced to such paranoia, terrorist attacks have happened long before americans problems, other coutries arnt half as strict.
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