Keeping aliens under tabs
A strange thing happened the other day. Whilst at work, my supervisor asked if he could make a copy of my alien registration card, because Mitsu (next town south from here) police station wanted a copy to keep on file.
Let's think about this; a police station that has never met me and never will (unless I nick something from their Family Mart), in a town I've never even been to, wants my personal details kept on file. Because I'm a foreigner, I must assume. Does that strike anyone else as a little odd?
I did hand over my card to be copied, but I have to think that it would be absolutely outrageous to try and pull this in Australia, or in most countries. Imagine being told this: "I don't know who you are and you've never done anything wrong here, but we need your personal information kept on file because you're not Australian."
It's funny to encounter things that are perfectly acceptable here, but would probably have riots in the streets back home.
posted by Bob @ 10:22 pm
2 Comments:
Could this be connected to the Great Teaspoon Scam?
Or I understand they are searching for an alien unregistered travel agent.
As far as your comments about "it would be absolutely outrageous to try and pull this in Australia", do not kid yourself. We now have "Thought Police" over here; but only for those who disagree with Uncle John. And have you ever come across the phrase "Mandatory Detention". You are lucky not to be in Japans Guantanamo (?sp)
Hey, Yankee. I think they are trying to tell you to go back to being different. Now that you died your hair black, plucked and redrew in your eyebrows, added that "Je ne sais...wakaran" attitude to your speech patterns, and attached tacky stuffed animals to your keitai, you're harder to recognize as outside-country-person. Please go go back to saying "CRIKEY!" and "G'Day" and making nonsense abbreviations for perfectly good words (afternoon, tomorrow) like a proper Aussie.
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