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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 8:24 am
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boondoggie
 
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Originally Posted by Markie
I am pretty sure that this is going to do wonders for US tourism.

Mr Smith plus three kids come to the US for two weeks a Disney, and the WHOLE FAMILY gets fingerprinted!
Actually, they already get fingerprinted at Disney. It's part of their ticket fraud prevention.

When I arrive in the UK I'm photographed and under constant CCTV surveliance. This hasn't seemed to hurt the number of people travelling there, because the customs area at LHR always has a huge line.

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