Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!ht!spt!gz From: gz@spt.entity.com (Gail Zacharias) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Soviet Access to Usenet Message-ID: <189@spt.entity.com> Date: 28 Nov 88 17:08:46 GMT References: <7649@well.UUCP> <8081@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <17651@gatech.edu> <8114@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <268@lloyd.camex.uucp> <2331@cbnews.ATT.COM><2337@cbnews.ATT.COM> <1025@microsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: gz@entity.com (Gail Zacharias) Organization: Hacks 'R' Us, Cambridge, MA Lines: 14 In article <1025@microsoft.UUCP> w-colinp@microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb) writes: >Other point: "There's nothing difficult about getting an emigration visa, >it just takes time. I applied once. Turned down. Applied again. >Denied again. Applied a third time. Granted. The Jews aren't treated any >worse than anyone else, they just bitch louder." (I do not vouch for the >accuracy of this statement.) I can vouch for the inaccuracy of that statement. It might be true that Jews are no more likely to be denied a visa. But one difference, even leaving aside differences in treatment before applying for visas, is that I bet your friend still had a job after being turned down the first time. -- gz@entity.com ...!mit-eddie!spt!gz