Originally Posted by
KLflyerRalph
I'll do what an American has to do, and refuse things an American can refuse to do.
Except that you're not an American. You're a guest in my country, just as, when I visit the Netherlands, I am a guest in yours. I don't pick fights with Dutch government agents and I expect foreign visitors to refrain from picking fights with American government agents.
I have no problem with security. But don't BS me with nonsensical questions or demands which aren't fundamental for what I have to undergo; a check of myself and belongings for dangerous items. Nothing more, nothing less.
Being a visitor to a country does not mean one has to act to every demand a inhabitant of that country gives you.
Being a visitor to a country means you act like a guest. You are a guest of my government. Even if I, as an American citizen, disagree with my government's actions, that doesn't mean it's okay for visitors to treat my government and its employees with disrespect. You have no more say in how this government is run than I have in how your government is run. I asked you before: what business is it of yours? Why would you think it is appropriate for you to come here and stage your personal protest? As we say in this country, you have no dog in this hunt.