Global Entry Application Countries Visited [consolidated thread]
Jun 6, 2012, 10:21 am
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Actually, it's possible the lookup values for that field are shared with another field somewhere on the system, and rather than delete the now-defunct countries & botch up existing records, the countries are left in the list. The side effect is what you see here.
Why not create a separate lookup for this field? Well, we are talking about government employees here - and that'd be extra work.
Why not create a separate lookup for this field? Well, we are talking about government employees here - and that'd be extra work.
Jun 6, 2012, 7:45 pm
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The only honest governmental form that appears in country names is "Republic" and it must not be modified.
Jun 6, 2012, 7:51 pm
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Even when GDR existed, I always thought of it as DDR, the name West Germans (FRG) used. IME GDR and FRG jus caused postal confusion; better to write East Germany and West Germany. Later the "five new provinces" sounded cute.
Jun 7, 2012, 7:38 am
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Actually, it could be saving work. If it pulls automatically from a list that gets updated regularly (although apparently not completely) then it saves GE work of having to replicate revisions of the list.
Jun 7, 2012, 1:57 pm
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Real honest form of government. Total transparency.
Jun 7, 2012, 3:45 pm
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How about the Republic of China?
Any other form is always not legitimate.
Jun 7, 2012, 7:56 pm
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I think the West Berlin government used to have to hold a special vote every time the West German parliament enacted a new law, to adopt the same statutory text in West Berlin. (Think of it as the legislative equivalent of copy-paste.)
Jun 8, 2012, 7:42 am
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History has them, and that may include governing arrangements which may be prerequisite to even arrive at forming a democratic republic.
And even democratic republics are not always considered legitimate. Illiberal democratic republics can be awful regimes.
And even democratic republics are not always considered legitimate. Illiberal democratic republics can be awful regimes.
Jun 8, 2012, 6:00 pm
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I'm saying that government forms *IN THE COUNTRY NAME* may be true if it says "Republic", anything else is false.
This is not to say there can't be other government forms, I'm talking about when they appear in the country name.
Jun 8, 2012, 6:11 pm
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I wonder if we are talking about the same thing here.
I'm saying that government forms *IN THE COUNTRY NAME* may be true if it says "Republic", anything else is false.
This is not to say there can't be other government forms, I'm talking about when they appear in the country name.
I'm saying that government forms *IN THE COUNTRY NAME* may be true if it says "Republic", anything else is false.
This is not to say there can't be other government forms, I'm talking about when they appear in the country name.
The answer to that may help clarify if we are talking about the same thing or not.
Jun 9, 2012, 11:52 pm
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DDR and BRD is how I think of them, but that's because I speak German.