Will you *not* visit or transit a place because of its laws?
Jul 3, 2013, 1:53 pm
#121
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Beat me to it! Yes, cumbersome, expensive visa laws are a serious deterrent, particularly ones that want an upfront plane ticket as part of the application (hello? Who buys fully refundable tickets? Or wants to go through the hassle of buying one and then cashing it in and buying a cheaper one if and when the visa is granted?)
Also visas that take weeks to acquire (Algeria!). I don't like having my passport tied up for that long.
Also visas that take weeks to acquire (Algeria!). I don't like having my passport tied up for that long.
Jul 3, 2013, 2:02 pm
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Not sure how Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA?) fits into this?
Jul 4, 2013, 5:44 am
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Will you *not* visit or transit a place because of its laws?
One that hasn't been mentioned here is Bali. Despite its popularity with us Aussies, I don't want to go there because of its drug laws, corruption, risk of terrorism, drink spiking, etc. I'm sure this is somewhat irrational but the press does give it a lawless feel.
Jul 4, 2013, 5:53 am
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Last I checked, Botswana and South Africa was not suffering from hyper-inflation, their population was not being starved to death because of land grabbing, elections aren't being stolen and members of the opposition is not being tortured and killed.
Try Zambia; Mozambique ;Malawi .
Google is not your friend - perhaps it would be more appropriate to avoid or boycott them than some poor repressed country.
Jul 4, 2013, 9:07 am
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Whatever overcharging for visas, gimmick fees, imprisoning them under inhuman conditions and several other amenities.
Jul 4, 2013, 9:54 am
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The problem here is I cannot think of a single country that doesn't engage in at least one of these to one degree or another - I guess perhaps some of the Nordics?
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Jul 4, 2013, 2:51 pm
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I'm the last who could accept the decision to skip any country, since I'm trying to visit as many (maybe all) as I can.
But I have no doubt to kick further into the future those which gladly let heads rolling, stoning women, impose death penalty for girls "guilty" of dancing in the rain or congregate to "enjoy" the hanging of homosexuals.
I know, I risk to skip a solid bunch of the 194, but naively the hope that with the time things will change leans better with these principles.
But I have no doubt to kick further into the future those which gladly let heads rolling, stoning women, impose death penalty for girls "guilty" of dancing in the rain or congregate to "enjoy" the hanging of homosexuals.
I know, I risk to skip a solid bunch of the 194, but naively the hope that with the time things will change leans better with these principles.
Jul 4, 2013, 7:13 pm
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Germany. Because of hitler
Jul 5, 2013, 2:01 am
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England, because they still revere the mass-murderer Henry VIII.
Jul 5, 2013, 2:28 am
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Jul 5, 2013, 2:50 am
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I would try to avoid any country that abides by Sharia Law, because with my lack of awareness, I'd spit gum out while jaywalking and have some serious issues.
Jul 5, 2013, 4:47 am
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any country that abides by Sharia Law, because with my lack of awareness, I'd spit gum out while jaywalking
Seriously, it seems that a lot of us already live in countries that others won't visit , or at least theoretically avoid, due to their feelings.
What are our feelings about that? Should we refuse to return until it changes?
My feelings are that I don't feel it's worth a boycott.
Did you know I get fingerprinted every time I return to the UK?
I'm feeling like I should boycott the UK in protest but I'm also feeling my wife might be calling and asking why I'm still sitting drinking beer in a Munich beer garden when I promised I'd be home to do our own garden at the weekend.
Jul 5, 2013, 4:00 pm
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Oregon. I am perfectly capable of pumping my own gas
Jul 6, 2013, 4:12 am
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in laws
Funny you should say that... my husband thinks the $14 Homeland Security wants is too much to pay to visit his mother-in-law...! ;-)
