Dear travellers in the USA,

[mothwing]

Remember to think twice about taking your book about building your own bomb at home on the plane. The information might will be recorded for future reference, and maybe people will come to call on you at some point. The effects of reading Harry Potter on the plane and whether it will be recorded are still not confirmed, but potentially offensive material or material which shows that your views do not directly reflect those of Fox news might be noted and recorded.

Collecting such a lot of data must be a lot of work, and the brave men and women who run the Department for Homeland Security will be pleased to hear that there are indeed people whose experience and expertise they can draw upon, people to support them with their efforts. After all, the GDR ceased to exist less than twenty years ago, and even though they may not be up to scratch with the latest technological developments, their years of training will be bound to come in handy, even for their former opponents. I am sure they will will support them with they will be happy to help the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to protect freedom and the democracy, as they themselves have been doing nothing else while they were still working for their employer, the famous GDR Ministry for State Security.
These guys were good at collecting data.

Comments

[rizardofoz.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the forthcoming language, but ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Just because I travel to countries OUTSIDE the United States makes me a possible target of increased scrutiny? All in the name of preserving our fucking homeland security.

As you can tell, I'm definitely yearning to travel some more, but for other reasons than hoping I'm one of the few Big Brother will be inspecting closer. OMG, my Dostoevsky novel I'll probably take with me might land me in big trouble. He's Russian. And that always leads to bad things.

[rizardofoz.livejournal.com]

Forgot to add this:

But, have you seen Das Leben der Anderen?

[mariebernadette.livejournal.com]

I just read a review about that movie in Entertainment Weekly. Highly recommended, but not showing in my area.

[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Dostoyevsky? That's brave, that is!

I haven't seen Das Leben der Anderen yet, sadly. I somehow missed it when it was showing at the local cinema, and then never took out the DVD. Curious, as I was really looking forward to seeing it! Is it as good as the media said?

[rizardofoz.livejournal.com]

I think it's a very well constructed film, even though I don't know how accurate it portrays the Stasi or any incidents from that span of time. The ending dragged, and found it quite heavy-handed. I was thinking "okay, we get it without you shoving it in our face!" Besides that, it was amazing.