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Since the US and British governments operate on the premise of invading the privacy of all citizens without warrant in order to prevent a handful of bad apples, should other countries consider a temporary blanket ban on all US citizens from visiting to their countries in order to make a point?

I know that only 4% of US citizens have passports, and most countries rely on US trade, but still it would certainly send a message?

Simplistic I know but somehow we need to voice our dissatisfaction with the way things are headed. Foreign citizens can't change US policy, only US citizens can vote out their corrupted system.

The privacy of non-US citizens is considered as fair game. We have no comeback presently.




>I know that only 4% of US citizens have passports

You're off by an order of magnitude. It's actually about 38% [0]. Bear in mind Americans even need a passport to travel to Canada or Mexico now.

I also do not think that preventing Americans from travelling abroad will improve their global perspective.

[0] http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/...




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