because you were god forbid a journalist??? On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Who said I was ok with it? I was just expecting something more sensational > than being questioned for an hour and a half and then let in. Not really > what I'd describe as a police state. I just didn't see it as that big of a > deal. I've been detained for longer than that at the border as part of > routine, so I'm not really filled with outrage. > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, actually, I have met quite a few border guards who were very > > professional. Both Canadian and American. The horror stories tend to > happen > > when entering the US rather than Canada, though I must say that when I > had > > to go to Canada for a family emergency even though I did not have my > travel > > documents, when I came back to the US the Americans at the Thousand > Island > > bridge were, dare I say it, both very helpful and efficient. I did have > to > > go inside and explain myself, but they showed signs of a sense of humor > and > > even fixed me up with a temporary replacement for my green card. > > > > But seriously... you are ok with "I am a journalist" being a reason to > pull > > someone into the office for special handling? Cause I am not. And I say > > that > > as someone that Canadian immigration has pulled out of the line dozens of > > times. However that was for a reason I consider good enough -- apparently > > they do it whenever a Canadian parent of American children drives into > > Canada with the children but without the other parent. They want to see > > custody documents, and fair enough. > > > > But uh... so. It's ok with you if they do this to every foreign > journalist > > who arrives in BC in the next year? Really. Wow. > > > > /me wanders off shaking her head > > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > After reading the title I was expecting something much more exciting. > > > > > > OT: Has anyone _ever_ met a border guard in any country that wasn't a > > > complete tool drunk on his/her own power? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308627 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
