Comments on: On Bureaucracy http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: betting pocker http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-321456 betting pocker Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:45:03 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-321456 <strong>betting pocker...</strong> deformity withhold?disregard origin dissipates temporally ... betting pocker…

deformity withhold?disregard origin dissipates temporally …

]]> By: ejh http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-205736 ejh Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:12:14 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-205736 <i>In some respects, the authorities are getting more consistent: each time I boarded a plane, I had to remove my shoes once (and once only), in place of the irregular variation from zero to two times that seemed to be in force in the earlier part of the decade</i> Get on a plane at Zaragoza and you'll have to remove your belt before you go through security. I suppose this may be to prevent people hanging themselves in frustration at having to fly Ryanair... In some respects, the authorities are getting more consistent: each time I boarded a plane, I had to remove my shoes once (and once only), in place of the irregular variation from zero to two times that seemed to be in force in the earlier part of the decade

Get on a plane at Zaragoza and you’ll have to remove your belt before you go through security. I suppose this may be to prevent people hanging themselves in frustration at having to fly Ryanair…

]]> By: Rob http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-205271 Rob Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:15:24 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-205271 A mutual acquaintance was once mock-threatened with being refused entry to the US on grounds of communism. This surely trumps all border guard stories. A mutual acquaintance was once mock-threatened with being refused entry to the US on grounds of communism. This surely trumps all border guard stories.

]]> By: Gert http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-205229 Gert Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:49:52 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-205229 I wonder what the point of that 'family' thing is. I went to New York and was told that myself and my partner weren't family. It crossed my mind that my 8 year old niece had been wanting to come with me - would she and I have counted as family? Would my elderly mother's presence have helped - is my mother my family, is she my niece's family (grandma)? Or if for some utterly bizarre reason, it had been me, my niece and her 'other' Nana, would that have been 'family'? Or suppose you had a married couple with the same surname and the child of one of them from a previous relationship, would their 'family' status be dependent upon the surname. I know a married couple who have taken a syllable from each of their surnames to create a new surname for their children. And then I thought, the previous time I had been with a friend, 'just' a friend, but one I am more open with than many members of my biological family (assuming that mother and niece count as family...). But even though he and I aren't 'family' we were allowed to go through Immigration together... I wonder what the point of that ‘family’ thing is.

I went to New York and was told that myself and my partner weren’t family. It crossed my mind that my 8 year old niece had been wanting to come with me - would she and I have counted as family? Would my elderly mother’s presence have helped - is my mother my family, is she my niece’s family (grandma)?

Or if for some utterly bizarre reason, it had been me, my niece and her ‘other’ Nana, would that have been ‘family’? Or suppose you had a married couple with the same surname and the child of one of them from a previous relationship, would their ‘family’ status be dependent upon the surname.

I know a married couple who have taken a syllable from each of their surnames to create a new surname for their children.

And then I thought, the previous time I had been with a friend, ‘just’ a friend, but one I am more open with than many members of my biological family (assuming that mother and niece count as family…).

But even though he and I aren’t ‘family’ we were allowed to go through Immigration together…

]]> By: Joseph Harder http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-204858 Joseph Harder Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:13:31 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/04/22/on-bureaucracy/#comment-204858 One of mystudents in American government was arrested as asuspected terrorist!The irony is that hes a Ron Paul supoporter and (isupect) aJohn Birch conservative. His crime was carrying a sign saying"Shut up and trust your government"(hows that for sarcasm?).For this terrible misdeed the police raided his home, arrested him,confiscated his mothers gold jewelry,and trashedhis room. One of mystudents in American government was arrested as asuspected terrorist!The irony is that hes a Ron Paul supoporter and (isupect) aJohn Birch conservative. His crime was carrying a sign saying”Shut up and trust your government”(hows that for sarcasm?).For this terrible misdeed the police raided his home, arrested him,confiscated his mothers gold jewelry,and trashedhis room.

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