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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 12:22 pm
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cordelli
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Originally Posted by neko
I'm not sure why you're so fast to blame the victim.
I did not blame the victim at all.

I said , and I'll quote it to be sure:

Have to believe there's more to the story then just somebody crossing over with a undeclared package of raspberries.

Note I did not say I have to believe the Victim is lying or making anything up or was in any way at fault.

I said, and I still believe, that people would not be brought into a room and stripped near naked and interrogated for hours because they had a box of raspberries in the car. There's lots of reasons they could be dragged into a room both through their actions or through the actions of the customs people, but in general I don't believe people end up naked for a box of fruit.

Thousands of people get stopped every day at border crossings with food they neglected to declare, they don't end up stripped searched. Usually the food gets tossed and you are told to be on your way, not photos, fingerprints and you can't come in go back home.
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