DBWI: Airport security these days...

All you need is a sharp nose and they haul you off to prison and interrogate you! The bloody Virginians thought I was a Pole! I missed my bloody airship too!

There was even a big plaque that said "Anyone thought or found to be of Jewish, Slavic, or Baltic ancestry will be immediately arrested and questioned." Outrageous! This is a major human rights violation, and a shame to the British Empire that a former colony is acting so.

Damn terrorists. They always ruin everything for everyone.

Has anyone else encountered difficulty?
 
All you need is a sharp nose and they haul you off to prison and interrogate you! The bloody Virginians thought I was a Pole! I missed my bloody airship too!

well no shit! down there they still have slaves! (though thats not what they call it) up here in the Republic of New England it's less of a Race thing at Air ports, more Religion the new Lord Protector here is way more hands on then any of the ones past, he and the President have clashed a lot of things, so things have tightened up all over the RNE. but in a few day we vote for a new Parliament so hopeful the new PM will help loosen things up.
 

Keenir

Banned
There was even a big plaque that said "Anyone thought or found to be of Jewish, Slavic, or Baltic ancestry will be immediately arrested and questioned." Outrageous! This is a major human rights violation, and a shame to the British Empire that a former colony is acting so.

ya shouldn't've broken away from Her Majesty's Government.

Damn terrorists. They always ruin everything for everyone.

well maybe if you'd given equal rights to your Slav dockworkers, they wouldn't be blowing up kibbutzes or whatnot -- even New York's given the Irish the vote, after all, and ain't they worse than Slavs?

Has anyone else encountered difficulty?

no. but then, I don't go to countries with such questionable human rights records. (a century ago or today, it don't matter, imho)
 
ya shouldn't've broken away from Her Majesty's Government.

A simple misunderstanding here. I am a proud citizen of British Lapland, of Saami and English ancestry, and loyal to the Empire and Her Majesty. I was merely in Virginia on a business trip.

I think this all stems from when New Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth bought Louisiana from the French. I think the Colonials wanted it badly, something to do with some "American Manifest Destiny" or some other nonsense.
 

mowque

Banned
Yeah, some 'crazy idea'. We sure would have settled it better then the Poles! Sure, I'm a card-carrying member of the Anti-Slav League, but i still blame THEM. If you English hadn't backed up the 'Slaves', we could have taken Louisiana back by force, as God wanted us too. instead we are condemned to be a minor power, at least compared to what we should have been.

However the current "Pan-American" Party might change that...
 
Yeah, some 'crazy idea'. We sure would have settled it better then the Poles! Sure, I'm a card-carrying member of the Anti-Slav League, but i still blame THEM. If you English hadn't backed up the 'Slaves', we could have taken Louisiana back by force, as God wanted us too. instead we are condemned to be a minor power, at least compared to what we should have been.

However the current "Pan-American" Party might change that...

Ha! Yeah, you hate the ethnic groups of Louisiana, except for the natives so you don't upset your own indigenous minorities! How convienent. But then, racism is always so...
 

mowque

Banned
You English are so condescending. Shall we bring up "Her Majesty's ' treatment of natives in India or parts of the African union? I hope the little economic meltdown knocks you down a peg.

Besides, i only dislike the Slavs for good reason. No problem with trying to bring the Mexicans and Texans on board. (Although i will admit, some of them have Slavic blood in them..)
 
You English are so condescending. Shall we bring up "Her Majesty's ' treatment of natives in India or parts of the African union? I hope the little economic meltdown knocks you down a peg.

You would dare...to accuse the Imperial Family of the baseness of...Racism! The princess is married to a Hindu! As for Africa, well...no state is perfect, and we at least outlawed slavery long ago!
 

mowque

Banned
i WOULD dare, along with Mexico, Argentina, and the Japanese Empire. Your not as well liked as you may think. And regardless, we might not have to worry as much about Baltic terrorists if a few "Western' (read English) interventions into Russia had been halted...

So typical European to blame it on the old Louisiana purchase...
 
The Baltic peoples had every right to self determination and freedom from Russia! We just didn't think the Lithuanians would take control and assimilate all the others so quickly. We will not forget the burning of Riga anytime soon. Many of our troops died trying to protect the Latvians from the blaze. I might add that it was Benjamin Franklin who designed the plans for New Riga. A respectable Englishman who had the sense to get out of the Colonies while he had the chance.

OOC: Basically I'm trying to have Britain be as ignoring of its own flaws as possible.
 

mowque

Banned
We were happy to get rid of him, believe me. You know, i should congratulate the British. It was only through your meddling in Eastern Europe that we were able to bring Poland to the table to buy parts of the Purchase. Although perhaps we shouldn't be so happy, seeing as the "English System" seems to have been the standard. Interventions to 'protect' the people. Surely you don't think Portugal created the Portugal-Brazilian Sphere out of the goodness of their hearts? ( A move which you supported heavily btw)

(OOC: just being a 'typical' American in TTL. Which is a interesting one, to say the least!)
 
We were happy to get rid of him, believe me. You know, i should congratulate the British. It was only through your meddling in Eastern Europe that we were able to bring Poland to the table to buy parts of the Purchase. Although perhaps we shouldn't be so happy, seeing as the "English System" seems to have been the standard. Interventions to 'protect' the people. Surely you don't think Portugal created the Portugal-Brazilian Sphere out of the goodness of their hearts? ( A move which you supported heavily btw)

(OOC: just being a 'typical' American in TTL. Which is a interesting one, to say the least!)

We supported it because large extensive states are the best way to maintain order. Just look at the German states, a tangled mix of anarchy and tyrannical regimes.
 
A simple misunderstanding here. I am a proud citizen of British Lapland, of Saami and English ancestry, and loyal to the Empire and Her Majesty. I was merely in Virginia on a business trip.

I think this all stems from when New Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth bought Louisiana from the French. I think the Colonials wanted it badly, something to do with some "American Manifest Destiny" or some other nonsense.
Can you imagine what it would have been like when the Great Secession came around? (As was inevitable, that system of government made it so)
 
Can you imagine what it would have been like when the Great Secession came around? (As was inevitable, that system of government made it so)

Their territories in Louisiana would have been in absolute anarchy! We've all seen what happened with the Russians and Siberia. It would be the same thing here.
 
Most of the stuff they do is just so much security theater- like not letting you carry anything that could make a flame. It's not like the ships are filled with hydrogen any more...

(OOC: every TL needs airships...)
 

mowque

Banned
Well it doesn't seem like so much 'theater' after stuff like the Wall Street attack or the Atlanta Smallpox Scare. It might be inconvenient, but the world is a dangerous place. I would also like to note that getting in and out of certain parts of the (English owned, and exploited) African Union can be very difficult...
 
Personally, as a member of the Senate for the Republic of California, I certainly believe that these terrorist attacks are concerted effort to prevent the success of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). Such efforts would only serve to benefit the crowned heads of Europe. Just remember how it was discovered a few years ago that the California-Deseret border conflict was instigated through a series of Russian and British arm shipments......
 

Keenir

Banned
A simple misunderstanding here. I am a proud citizen of British Lapland, of Saami and English ancestry, and loyal to the Empire and Her Majesty. I was merely in Virginia on a business trip.

ah. my apologies, goodsir.

and you have my condolences on having to suffer through such a business trip.
 

Keenir

Banned
I would also like to note that getting in and out of certain parts of the (English owned, and exploited) African Union can be very difficult...

oh puh-lease. it's only difficult if you look or act suspicious.
 
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