Thus spake "Duncan Craig" :
>"Warren" wrote in message
>news:1181520359.434264.305490@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jun 10, 7:09 pm, Ray Goldenberg wrote:
>>>
>> BTW, it's not just Canada. Following a transatlantic from England
>> nearly 2 years ago my cabin was completely searched (sniffing dogs
>> included) during the morning shipboard immigration inspection when the
>> ship arrived in St. Thomas. Beware to anyone taking illegal drugs
>> along. Of course nothing was found but contrary to what I was told I'm
>> not convinced my cabin was randomly chosen.
>>
>> Warren
>>
>In 1995(?) we were cruising with my brother-in-law & his wife in the Med.
>He is half-British and half-Lebanese, with a Lebanese last name and a dark
>complexion. His wife is a Nordic blonde. They were bothe born & raised in
>Canada and travel on Canadian passports. When our ship stopped in Haifa,
>Israel (6 days before the national elections!), they were escorted back to
>their cabin during the immigration check, and their cabin was thoroughly
>searched by well-armed agents (with one exception - see later). They were
>delayed close to 2 hours, and they were asked at least 5 times if they had
>any weapons. He kept his cool (altho' he was angry for hours afterward),
>but upon being asked about weapons the fifth time, his Northern European
>wife exploded and demanded to know why the inspectors kept asking the same
>question over and over.... were they really expecting a different answer the
>fifth time?
Insanity is when you keep doing the same thing and expect a different
result. Which is also the definition of a government.
Dogs, OTOH, expect the same thing every time. I get home, Toby wants
out. He comes in and goes to his food bowl, because it's time to eat.
That's his magic formula. It works every time.
>
>Once we were all ashore and touring on our own, his wife said the really
>stupid thing was the immigration/security forces during all the inspection
>never opened up the hide-a-bed sofa!
I just made a comment about our governments (I don't care where you
come from). I'll leave it at that.
>
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