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Laurent Garnier will not play in USA anymore
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| FunKenLouis |
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hope its not the same for Canada :(
US TOUR CANCELLATION
I am very sorry to have to cancel my forthcoming tour in the United States. I have decided to cancel further to what I consider to be completely unreasonable demands from the US Embassy in France in order to renew my working 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 in 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 legislation changes I will unfortunately refuse to comply with this nonsense.
Thank you for your understanding.
Laurent Garnier |
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| malek |
oh man, I completely understand. ing govt in the states has compltely gone mad.
I went for a day to the US and was stopped for one hour at the border, got searched, the car was searched, asked so many questions and personal ones too..... AND I AM CANADIAN. Its unfair.
I told my family in the US (seemingly unware of these thigns) that I will never spend any of my tourism dollars in the US ever, unless this crap changes. |
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| beno86 |
| Yeah they re pretty nuts down south ... I remeber going down on vacation when i was younger and the border agents thought i was in a mega terrorist family lol since my mom's from morocco and my uncle from theckoslovakia i swear they must have kept us there for like god knows how long asking all sorts of outlandish |
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| FunKenLouis |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
oh man, I completely understand. ing govt in the states has compltely gone mad.
I went for a day to the US and was stopped for one hour at the border, got searched, the car was searched, asked so many questions and personal ones too..... AND I AM CANADIAN. Its unfair.
I told my family in the US (seemingly unware of these thigns) that I will never spend any of my tourism dollars in the US ever, unless this crap changes. |
bro
t un gros arabe avec un chandail de foot de lallemagne... avec un gros char americain pis des cameras a 10000 us et plus.... moi jtaurais fais une fouille anale et a nue si javais ete eu
jte trusterais pas
HAHA
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| rongerabbit |
As long as he can still play in Canada !
And ya, those regulations are insane. no respect for privacy whatsowever. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunKenLouis
bro
t un gros arabe avec un chandail de foot de lallemagne... avec un gros char americain pis des cameras a 10000 us et plus.... moi jtaurais fais une fouille anale et a nue si javais ete eu
jte trusterais pas
HAHA
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hahahaah
J'étais accompagné de 2 filles, ça fait 19 ans que je suis au canada, j'avais pas de caméra à 10000 US et plus dans le char et quand ils m'ont posés la question pour qui je travail, ils auraient dû être plus lax après ce moment. |
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
oh man, I completely understand. ing govt in the states has compltely gone mad.
I went for a day to the US and was stopped for one hour at the border, got searched, the car was searched, asked so many questions and personal ones too..... AND I AM CANADIAN. Its unfair.
I told my family in the US (seemingly unware of these thigns) that I will never spend any of my tourism dollars in the US ever, unless this crap changes. |
Let's put it this way: the 19 9/11 hijackers weren't Italian Catholics, Thai Buddhists, Indian Hindus, or Israeli Jews. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShadoWolf
Let's put it this way: the 19 9/11 hijackers weren't Italian Catholics, Thai Buddhists, Indian Hindus, or Israeli Jews. |
and I'm not a muslim either and don't look like a mullah:rolleyes: |
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| Mike_B |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShadoWolf
Let's put it this way: the 19 9/11 hijackers weren't Italian Catholics, Thai Buddhists, Indian Hindus, or Israeli Jews. |
lets put it this way America land of the free is now an Oxymoron |
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| malek |
my biggest complaint tho, isn't the fact that I got searched or whatnot. I have nothing to hide.
Its the complete disrespect and lack of manners about how these guys do their job.
They treat you like a piece of .
There's ways to talk with people and interact with them.
Can you imagine, they went thru my wallet and asked me about every piece of paper/phone number/reciept/etc I had in there.... hahahah ing idiots. |
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| preach |
| been a few times throught us borders and i must say they are quite agressive with their questions... |
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
my biggest complaint tho, isn't the fact that I got searched or whatnot. I have nothing to hide.
Its the complete disrespect and lack of manners about how these guys do their job.
They treat you like a piece of .
There's ways to talk with people and interact with them.
Can you imagine, they went thru my wallet and asked me about every piece of paper/phone number/reciept/etc I had in there.... hahahah ing idiots. |
Did you cross from Ontario or Quebec? |
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