| From: | "Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: SINS and rights : identifying foreigners |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:45:41 GMT |
>
> That's sort of like the situation in this country right now -- if you're
> a foreigner (i.e. don't have the Dutch nationality), the police may check
> your papers any time they feel like doing so, but if you have a Dutch
> passport they can only do that in certain places, like at your place of
> work, in public transport, etc.
> The question I immediately came up with is, how do you tell a foreigner
> from a non-foreigner?
>
Just asking the pedestrian if they are a local in the native language
should be pretty good unless the country speaks English generally,
though French and German are fairly well known and Japanese would
probably be a lot more common in the SR universe with all those
international Japanse corporations. Should get most folks, or if they
speak just see what language they choose to use.
Ok the above is far from foolproof but folks that pass that probably
are too profesional to be worth bothering or belong there anyway (ie
organised criminals (average steet cops won't catch them that easily
without lots of luck), language students (probably been studying the
country enough to know what they are doing), international corporate
represnetatives e.t.c.)
some sugestions
Mark
