{"id":576,"date":"2007-12-09T01:50:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T05:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/12\/09\/the-price-of-being-an-asshole\/"},"modified":"2007-12-09T01:50:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T05:50:28","slug":"the-price-of-being-an-asshole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/12\/09\/the-price-of-being-an-asshole\/","title":{"rendered":"The Price of Being an Asshole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;m working on putting together a trip (it&#8217;s been too long), and I keep coming across examples of new entrance requirements for many countries.  Japan will now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stippy.com\/japan-news-and-media\/foreigners-landing-in-japan-to-be-fingerprinted\/\">take your photo and set of prints every time you enter it<\/a>.  Bolivia is joining the ranks of countries that have now decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/travelvice.com\/archive\/2007\/12\/bolivias-infuriating-visa-requirements.php\">charge US citizens as much as it charges their citizens to apply for a visa<\/a> ($134 for 30 days!).  You can thank US policy for leading the way on all of this.<\/p>\n<p>I realize that, as a holder of US and EU passports, I have it easier than pretty much anyone else on the planet when it comes to travel  without restrictions (and even emigration).  So I&#8217;m not really complaining about, say, the $134 to go to Bolivia.  But I am foursquare behind making international travel easier, more accessible, and more frequent for *everyone*.  And the US&#8217;s actions are helping countries around the world implement programs that work directly against that goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;m working on putting together a trip (it&#8217;s been too long), and I keep coming across examples of new entrance requirements for many countries. Japan will now take your photo and set of prints every time you enter it. 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