I actually have been detained on the way into Canada before.
(We sat in a lobby and stared at a ceiling for ten minutes, answered truthfully that we'd never been arrested, and were sent on our way. I never did find out what it was about.)
ended up with like 7-8 custom's agents, one of whom was like "it's a fucking batarang, let him keep it." as the giant checked bag I had was my "moving out of the damned country" bag and had like 5 game consoles, and various other intimidating on xray electronics in it.
Working for room and board was all the rage before the civil war... it was called slavery. I don't remember the white massas complaining about the slaves stealing their jobs.
You know, the guards' behavior was bad enough; even if she didn't have the required documentation, there was no excuse for treating her that way. But...it's the responses to the story that make me sick. I swear that the pooled US IQ is dropping by the day.
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Date: 2010-05-12 08:33 pm (UTC)Geez, maybe there's a pattern of this on US border!
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Date: 2010-05-12 09:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-12 09:28 pm (UTC)Naaah. You guys are way too nice and polite for it. Wudda give a nice cup of tea, leave the hapless tourist alone into the room...
...and then you'd unleash the bull moose with headspikes.
Wacky hijinks ensue.
Right?
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Date: 2010-05-13 12:22 am (UTC)(We sat in a lobby and stared at a ceiling for ten minutes, answered truthfully that we'd never been arrested, and were sent on our way. I never did find out what it was about.)
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Date: 2010-05-13 12:25 am (UTC)Wacky hijinks ensue?
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Date: 2010-05-13 04:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-13 04:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-13 07:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-14 12:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-12 08:59 pm (UTC):(
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Date: 2010-05-12 09:05 pm (UTC)"Derp-de-doooooooooooo!"
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Date: 2010-05-12 09:30 pm (UTC)Arizona, vindicated!
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Date: 2010-05-12 10:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-13 02:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-13 04:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-13 02:26 pm (UTC)I've stopped reading newspaper story comments for this very reason. In Seattle it's always the same twelve people arguing with each other anyway.
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Date: 2010-05-13 02:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-13 05:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-13 04:33 pm (UTC)But I knew that before reading this article...
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Date: 2010-05-14 12:02 am (UTC)