It really depends on where you're talking about. From reading the article it sounds like the person was being quite obnoxious to the border guard. If that is the case I don't blame the guard from doing some push back.
I cross the border into Canada anywhere from 3 or 4 times a year, some years every couple of months or so. I've seen border guards have to handle screaming nut cases who wanted to excercise their "Gawd Gibben Riiiwt to have GUNS" and take their assault rifles into Canada in their RV's. The guards have remained polite but firm. So arguing that the reporter was treated that way because she is on the left is a red herring. As far as I can see her political orientation is irrelevant. As for Rush Limpblob, yes he would have received the same treatment, if anything it would have been worse. Canada has some hate speech laws that would have applied to him that would have denied him entry to Canada. Same with Glenn Beck and Laura Ingram. That some obnoxious reporter decided to go out of her way to piss off the guard, really speaks volumes on how tolerant the guards are. If it had been me, she would have been hauled off, and have her and her car stripped searched. Then she would have been refused entry. Finally she would have been required to put her own car back together. Instead she was briefly questioned and allowed to drive on. Some draconian behavior. I'm willing to bet that the guard told her to "Have a nice day, Eh." According to the laws related to border crossing, Canada Border Services Agency personnel can refuse entry for any reason or none at all. To me it still sounds like a petulant child not getter her way and having her temper tantrum in print. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Journalists aren't a special class, but left leaning journalists and > activists seem to receive this type of treatment more than the right > leaning ones do. Other than the cops hassling Limbaugh for drugs, > when's the last time you heard of someone on the right getting nailed? > If you're gonna hassle obnoxious people, why limit it to lefties? > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sorry meant to write Maureen not Dana. >> >> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> now don't start channeling Gruss now Dana. >>> >>> Its really a non event. The woman was being obnoxious and was >>> questioned for a bit before being let in. It seems to me that the >>> guard was just doing some due diligence. >>> >>> Besides since when did journalists become a special privileged class >>> of citizens? I've gone through worse from the hands of border agents >>> on both sides of the border, as recently as a year ago. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:308645 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
