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by digi_owl
2941 days ago
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> and how different the interaction could have been if their assumptions had been less favorable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Watts_%28author%29 "In December 2009, Watts was detained at the US/Canada border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) performing a reportedly random search of the rental vehicle he was driving." Note BTW that he was at the time leaving USA after having crossed over from Canada with no incident. "...According to Watts, he was assaulted, punched in the face, pepper-sprayed and thrown in jail for the night." "...Watts blogged about his sentence saying that because of how the law was written, his asking: "What is the problem?" was enough to convict him of non-compliance." |
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