What Do You Think?

So, earlier this week it looked as if Snoop Dogg would get to join Ice Cube in a concert tour of Australia. Now, though the gin and juice might need to be put on hold as several victim's groups have complained about Snoop visiting the country. Snoop had been barred from visiting the country because of drugs, weapons, murder charges and whatever else Snoop likes to do on weekends. But, after wearing the government down for years, they caved and Snoop got his visa.

Now they want to take it back. Australia is not alone in this. If you want to play in Japan, you better not even have one pot arrest on your record or you are not going to get a visa. The US? Think Amy Winehouse will be back here anytime soon? Lily Allen got here, but not to work. At least not to work that anyone knew about. If you think she just came here to hang out with Lindsay and Sam for a week, well that would be wrong.

Anyway, here is my take on this. These are not visitor visas. They are work visas. Amy Winehouse would be allowed to come to this country to visit, she just can't get permission to work here. So, in other words, come spend money, but don't take money. I would be more sympathetic to the rules if they applied to anyone, but lets face it. The average crack head with a full body rash, and an arrest record is not really likely to be applying for a work visa so he is free to enter the country and do what he wants. But, if for some reason there was an opening at a Best Buy and they wanted him, he couldn't work there.

I say, just let them come in, take our money and leave. It just seems kind of hypocritical to let them come in for two weeks to travel the country, but for some reason if they wanted to stop at a club each night and play some music that somehow this becomes banned or troublesome.