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The Man Without A Country...

RandFan said:
Someone send Johnny some Denmark brochures. We need to find this man a home.
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Oh. c'mon, he doesn't need our help. There are lots of countries that have no problems that he can move to. Why doesn't he just hop into his private jet and fly around to all the Beautiful Places until he finds one that meets his standards?
"I went there (to France) to live because it seemed so simple..."
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So he's looking for a simple country. The frantic, nonstop, gotta-get-ahead, climb-the-corporate-ladder, work-late-nights-and-long-weekends lifestyle the French are famous for, was just too much for his simple needs.
 
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BPSCG said:
Oh. c'mon, he doesn't need our help. There are lots of countries that have no problems that he can move to. Why doesn't he just hop into his private jet and fly around to all the Beautiful Places until he finds one that meets his standards?
So he's looking for a simple country. The frantic, nonstop, gotta-get-ahead, climb-the-corporate-ladder, work-late-nights-and-long-weekends lifestyle the French are famous for, was just too much for his simple needs.
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I find your lack of concern callous. Sure Johnny has lot's of money. But where can he find a nation that is innocent and pure that doesn't have conflicting goals and where everyone is happy and nice to each other? Where love rules the stars. Think of the children. Please give to the Find Johnny a home fund. It's not yet established but until it is you can send the money to me.
 
Here's the real man without a country.
Nasseri was expelled from Iran a decade ago for his political views. Through a series of fateful missteps, he landed here without any documents. Since then, Europe's increasingly stiff stance toward refugees and his fragile mental state have kept him at the airport here in legal limbo.

His is a story of broken hopes and bureaucracy, of a trip across Europe in search of a homeland that became a journey into mental chaos and despair. And it is a story of a man who has searched for his family, only to find an adopted one here, at Charles de Gaulle.

"He's like a part of the airport. Everyone knows him," says Muhamed Mourrid, the manager of the Bye Bye Bar, pointing to the spot where Nasseri, 47, has lived for a decade. "That's his table, his chair, his place." Adds Marise Petry, a Lufthansa clerk, "He's one of us. We even get letters for him."
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http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/airport.htm
 
BobK said:
Here's the real man without a country.

http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/airport.htm
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Damn, that would suck. The movie was better than the reality.

In any event almost all of the details are testement to the fact that this was not the fault of Nasseri, except one important one.

The sad truth is this: After fighting for years to leave the airport and apply for citizenship elsewhere, Nasseri was afraid to do so when the opportunity arose. Belgium offered Nasseri the chance to settle there, but he refused. "Now, I think he will stay in the airport until he dies," Bourget concluded softly.
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I responded before I had finished the story.

On 17 September 1999, an international travel card and a French residency permit were put into Nasseri's hands. With them, he's now free to leave the airport, either to take up residency in France or to fly to another country that will allow him entry. He refuses to sign them, however, because they list his nationality as Iranian, and he wants it listed as British. He remains at Charles de Gaulle airport, using the excuse that he's determined to stick to this point rather than face life outside the terminal:

[SIZE=-1][In 1999] he finally got permission to leave the airport — in fact, he can now go wherever he likes in Europe. The problem is, he no longer wants to.

"He is scared to leave this bubble world he has been living in," said Dr. Philippe Bargain, the airport's medical director. "Finally getting the papers has been a huge shock to him, as if he was just thrown from his horse. When you wait 11 years for something and suddenly in a few minutes you sign some papers and it's done — imagine what a shock that is."

"He will have to be weaned from the airport, like an addict really." Dr. Bargain said. "Still, it does make you wonder what kind of a society we live in that this can happen to a man."[SIZE=-1]3[/SIZE]
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As of the summer of 2004, Nasseri is still living in the airport. He does not lack for money — Dreamworks paid him a rumored $250,000 for the rights to his story.
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Someone should tell Nasseri he better jump on that offer. Especially since it's already been made into a movie.
 
RandFan said:
Damn, that would suck. The movie was better than the reality.

In any event almost all of the details are testement to the fact that this was not the fault of Nasseri, except one important one.
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"He is scared to leave this bubble world he has been living in," said Dr. Philippe Bargain, the airport's medical director. "Finally getting the papers has been a huge shock to him, as if he was just thrown from his horse. When you wait 11 years for something and suddenly in a few minutes you sign some papers and it's done — imagine what a shock that is."
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Going through that kind of trauma is enough to drive anyone completely batsh1t crazy. He's probably completely lost touch with reality at this point; and I'm willing to bet it's going to take more than a few years in therapy to put his mind back into some semblance of normal working order.
 
BPSCG said:
Oh. c'mon, he doesn't need our help. There are lots of countries that have no problems that he can move to. Why doesn't he just hop into his private jet and fly around to all the Beautiful Places until he finds one that meets his standards?
So he's looking for a simple country. The frantic, nonstop, gotta-get-ahead, climb-the-corporate-ladder, work-late-nights-and-long-weekends lifestyle the French are famous for, was just too much for his simple needs.
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Are you kidding me? The French legally have a 38-hour work week.
 
luchog said:
Going through that kind of trauma is enough to drive anyone completely batsh1t crazy. He's probably completely lost touch with reality at this point; and I'm willing to bet it's going to take more than a few years in therapy to put his mind back into some semblance of normal working order.
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Yeah, I agree. It's really rather sad. Too bad someone couldn't have done something about this earlier.
 
shuize said:
Someone should tell Nasseri he better jump on that offer. Especially since it's already been made into a movie.
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It's difficult to even think of accepting the offer when he's meeting Catherine Zeta-Jones on a regular basis. Who needs a country when you've got her?
 
BPSCG said:
Yes.I know. I was being sarcastic...

Lay off the caffeine for a few days, why don'tcha...
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GODDAMMIT! ERrrrrrrERerRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Sunova! BPSCG = Boys Promising Sexual Climax to Goats!

/switches to decaf

I'm okay now. Nothing to see here. Pay no attention to the droids you're not looking for behind the curtain.
 
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