The first thing that I found odd in America after living here for a while, was the mistrust the Americans had for their government and their governments ability to handle "sensitive" information like your social security number. Every American is afraid to get their identity stolen by giving out their social security number. To prove some kind of point here is my social security number. Please take away all that is precious to me. Once upon a time I was struck down with a half-full bottle of Pakistani wine on a dark street in Oslo one not so sober night. Pure blind violence which I managed to get away from with only a couple of cuts and a blue shiner. I have never seen the two guys before, and I bet I will never see them again. After the incident I was trapped between two thoughts, one; should I live my life worrying about violent sixteen year old immigrants armed with cheap booze, or should I in spite of what happened to me live my life as I used to, without fear. Should I worry about what can happen, or should I see the world for what it is in the moment. I chose to live without restraints or fear.
So the whole identity fraud scare, that in some cases are very real, and cost some unlucky people a lot of money, doesn't happen that often. It's more like winning the lottery or getting eaten by a shark. If the Americans had a little faith in their government (all though they have all the reasons not to) perhaps we could free the world from too much bureaucracy.
So the whole identity fraud scare, that in some cases are very real, and cost some unlucky people a lot of money, doesn't happen that often. It's more like winning the lottery or getting eaten by a shark. If the Americans had a little faith in their government (all though they have all the reasons not to) perhaps we could free the world from too much bureaucracy.
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Ahh, but one thing you may want to think about is other forms of identity theft. Forgetting money, your social security number may also be used to incriminate you for multitudes of illicit and illegal activities, so you may want to be more careful than you thought.
At any rate, I already miss you, my friend. See you soon.
Kevin
Miss you too man, hope to see you again next year.
And concerning the social security number, its probably not the best idea Ive had, but... Bill Hicks said it best. "there is no such thing as a permanent record"
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