Fingerlicking bad

The U.S. is requiring foreign visitors to give finger prints of their ten fingers to be kept for 75 years in a database. Visitors who need visas will have their fingerprints taken at the U.S. consulates abroad. Those arriving on a visa waiver program will undergo the procedure at the airport. In the coming years, the U.S. plans to add facial and retina scans. (AFP: US to introduce 10 fingerprints system for visitors)

Doesn't this look very much like Big Brother? A needless invasion of privacy? If the U.S. was not invading foreign countries and killing its peoples, would it have to be afraid of foreigners? No, the country which is implementing those draconian security measures is not the former Soviet Union, not China, or Iran or Sudan. It's the U.S. of A.

In its paranoia to avoid further “terrorist” attacks, Washington is setting a very bad example. The European Union now also wants to take finger prints of foreign visitors arriving at its borders. In China, you only need a valid passport and visa. China welcomes foreign visitors, it doesn't treat them like potential criminals.