Originally Posted by
s0ssos
It is a simple mathematical principle that you cannot prove the non-existence of A by saying you have never encountered A. But you can prove the existence of B if you have even encountered one B.
So your statement that you have met "no jerks at YVR" doesn't mean anything about whether or not there are jerks at YVR.
With regards to a statement "immigration at YVR are jerks"-if you don't like the fact I didn't qualify "immigration" with "some", then I presume you have issues with basically any statement. "Air Canada is the always late airline." Well, maybe 1 in a 1000 times they are on. That makes the statement invalid. Someone should qualify that statement. People make blanket statements. Like Tim Horton's is good. Does it mean they have never had an experience in which there was an aspect of Tim Horton's they thought wasn't good? It's just a way people speak.
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I haven't the slightest clue what your point is. It sounds like you are agreeing with me, just because you said they are jerks doesn't mean it is true any more than me saying they aren't.
I am not saying you didn't have a bad experience. However I have had nothing but great experiences, as well as some other posters. Other than you venting about a bad experience I don't see the point of this thread.
This is FT which is all anecdotal, but absolutely nothing in this thread, nor my own experience leads me to think that a blanket statement declaring YVR immigration are jerks is warranted.
The way you are arguing on here, actually sheds some light on why you might experience issues at immigration.
Also since you want to lecture me on FT 101, something you should keep in mind is on FT analogies never work. Air Canada, Timmy's, not a great analogy for Customs. Just saying.