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The Spectacle Blog
Travel writer Paul Theroux has a great piece over at the Daily Beast this morning on the real world meaning of “show me your papers.” Having traveled the world, he tells of how in one country after another he has been asked to produce his papers. Beginning in his own country — that would be America. And his family has been here since 1690. It answers all this left-wing Nazi business with a very experienced precision. Train trip in Italy, anyone? Take a read. (Hat tip to TAS reader Ron Leon.)
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Jim Woodward| 5.4.10 @ 11:55AM
I lived in Brazil for a while in the early '70's. Best have your passport with you at all times, and un-like Arizonas illegal imigrant law I did'nt have to be doing any thing illegal to be asked to produce it.
Maybe some of the lame brain bleeding hearts in the media will avail themselves of this article.
zombyboy | 5.4.10 @ 12:34PM
I'm addicted to Theroux's writing and I enjoyed this piece. One of the books that he references, Dark Star Safari, is particularly good--highly recommended.
It was funny to read at least one person in the comments referencing him as a conservative (as far as I can tell from all of the books that I've read, he isn't) and another person calling him a racist ( a number of times) but failing to explain what was racist about the story.
Anyway, when I was in India, the scrutiny going in and out of the country was tremendous. As Theroux notes, anyone who has travelled internationally knows that the request for papers is very rarely confined to entering and exiting the country.
Whether it is something we want to emulate here--that is, what our policies should be in terms of our borders and our acceptance of immigrants--is open to debate. The response from some corners has been hilariously overblown.