March 12, 2008 @ 10:30
Neighbour John and his boys arrived in Detroit a little later than they planned yesterday.
If you listen to any of the Conservative talk shows out of the States you know that border security is a big issue down there.
A lot of Americans are terrified of the Mexican border, but they also have their doubts about the Canadian border which they think is a gateway for Islamic extremists who are slipping into the country and then hooking up with Mexican farm workers to plan the overthrow of the free world.
Well maybe this will make them feel better.
Neighbour John and his three boys were stopped in their Suburban yesterday and held for two hours at the border, the victims of a so called random check.
Hey, you can never be too safe, but sometimes you have to wonder about time wasted and what the real motives are.
Maybe it was something consistent with my own little story from last summer.
I was at Pearson Airport and going through the X-ray scanner when I was called aside and told I’d been selected for a “random” check.
It was no big deal, and being a law abiding citizen I took the attitude that security checks are made for the benefit of all so you live with it, but curiosity finally got the better of me and I just had to ask the security officer “why me?”
There were people of all shapes, sizes and colours to choose from, but he chose me and I just had to know what the criteria was – and here’s what he told me.
I looked like a pleasant fellow.
And when pressed to explain further he said this.
“You looked like the type of person who wouldn’t complain if I called you aside."
“You’ve got to be kidding?” I said.
“Nope”
It made me lose a lot of faith in the system and feel a little less safe on the airplane, but I guess it made for one less accusation of profiling and as we all know, that’s all that matters, right?
By the way, John and the boys saw the Wings beat the Blackhawks 3-1 last night.
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