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Anyone who thinks the Boarder guards in America or Canada are bad, need to experience the Boarder guards at any of the Central American countries 
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Plenty of blame to go round for everyone in that, I feel. The tourist was a bit of an idiot for behaving in that way as opposed to just politely answering and getting on with his day (unless, as has been surmised, he was doing it deliberately) but the guards, every man jack of them, were a bunch of dicks as well, really.
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I've crossed the Canada to the US border probably 50 times in the last 25 years and I have to admit it is getting a little worse with the stupid questions and power hungry guards. Last month going to Great Falls for the weekend was the first time I had ever been asked if I had ever been arrested....no, then she saw the dozens of Central american stamps in the passport and asked me if I had ever been arrested in each of the stamped countries!!! one country at a time!!
I smiled and played the game because she was just trying to trip me up. Also asked where I was going to shop and what I was going to buy. None of your dam buisness was in my thoughts but again just smiled and played the game.
I love going to the States and the people but the people better wake up and see that their rights and freedoms are being erroded.I hope the Dept. of Homeland Security is making everyone feel safe.
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No doubt about it: things are getting worse. Furthermore, absolutely no doubt that border guards are often total jerks.
For historical context, I've been crossing the US/Canada border since I was one year old--from once to dozens of times per year. That's 56 years during which US border guards were often rude, often incompetent, and sometimes downright ornery. I currently live near the border, and examples of their rudeness, incompetence and ill temper are fairly commonplace.
But if you don't like being arrested or turned back, you know what to do, right? Be polite, answer questions, stay calm, don't make jokes about drugs, weapons, or the presumed fascist tendencies of the people questioning you. That's always been true, and it's true all around the world.
The fact that Homeland Security is, in part, an expensive, ineffectual boondoggle doesn't alter the fact that the guy was either woefully ignorant or deliberately provocative.
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This idiot went looking for trouble, and if you look for something hard enough, you usually find it.
It sucks, but yes, it's best to play the "Yes, officer" game when dealing with people who have uniforms and sidearms.
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