And the World says Americans are arrogant - Brazil fines Pilot

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

What a dick!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&ncid=721&e=8&u=/ap/20040115/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_us_fingerprinting

[Nashyra]

1. Sorry but I'm glad that he did it

Many times the haessment that crew get are very unfare and I'm glad that American is paying the fine, as an employee of said company, I say thanks.

4. someone said this in another thread

we should remember what if the shoe was on the other foot?
If you flew into NYC and gave the finger to a customs agent you'd be locked up so fast you wouldn't have time to reconsider. Even if you are an American citizen.

[judge_smales]

6. "Many times the haessment that crew get are very unfare"

But it's fair when *we* do it to crews and passengers from other countries comming here?

[wtmusic]

2. Has nothing to do with arrogance

Different culture, different laws. He deserved it.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. I was being sarcastic

of course I was saying that the world is right - we are arrogant. I say go Brazil!

[BurtWorm]

3. They're trying to get our attention

They succeeded. They're angry over not being excluded from the list of countries whose citizens are exempt from being fingerprinted for flights to the US.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. Exactly

I think he deserved to get arrested. The real message here is that Brazil is trying to let uste taste what we dish out. Many Americans don't seem to like that. I call it elitism

[Cannikin]

7. Kind of like how its ok to liberate another country?

How will we reply when someone tries to liberate us?

[Guaranteed]

8. Yup...I think this is great.

I think the man's behavior shows us not only how childish we are in expecting other countries to cooperate with us when we're acting like fucking assholes, but also gives us a little taste of our own "harassment" medicine.

I think most would call this "justice."

[BurtWorm]

9. It's reminiscent of our own puerile behavior toward France and Germany

singling them out for punishment with respect to Iraq contracts. :eyes: