Yay Cheryl! What a relief. It's horrifying the way these agencies have your fate in their hands and you're absolutely helpless to do anything about it.
How right you are about two sets of rules. One thing that's struck me as a non-USian in recent years is Americans' unrest at finding that their own government had been bugging them. Not that I blame them, but the idea that it's verboten to bug Americans but perfectly OK to bug anybody else is a little hard to take when you're a potential buggee. As a result of this kind of thing, you're right that there's plenty of hate and distrust towards the US, although I think in general there's also an understanding of the difference between the US government and Americans as people. Sadly, there are exceptions to this, however.
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Date: 2013-05-30 07:15 am (UTC)How right you are about two sets of rules. One thing that's struck me as a non-USian in recent years is Americans' unrest at finding that their own government had been bugging them. Not that I blame them, but the idea that it's verboten to bug Americans but perfectly OK to bug anybody else is a little hard to take when you're a potential buggee. As a result of this kind of thing, you're right that there's plenty of hate and distrust towards the US, although I think in general there's also an understanding of the difference between the US government and Americans as people. Sadly, there are exceptions to this, however.