fishbowl@pic.net (James L. McGill)   wrote:

On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, UTORInfoCommons wrote:

michael.heron} <rant modde off> I hope that travellers to Inuvik don't get
hassled by Canadian 
michael.heron} customs. :(

So, what is there to DO about it?
Do the 4th and 8th Constitutional Rights apply?
Does anybody register a complaint, in their language, to the
appropriate higher authority?  Or does everybody just put up
with this abuse, so that it can be worse next time?  If that's
how we deal with it, then we deserve the harassles.

sorry, buddy, no constitutional rights apply.  border people are not 'within'
the us- it is a no mans land and you have very few rights.    they are
looking for smugglers and criminals and whatever else customs do.   though
you may well feel abused,  they have broad powers and can stop and search you
as long as they like.     if you feel like there is a real breach going on,
please do report it.    a lot of the stuff they are permitted, including
being the hassles and intimidation is something i dont approve of.  but it
seems that c'est la vie.   they are protecting this country.   8)  i dont
deserve the hassle.   I'm not smuggling drugs,  which they seem to look for
and get confused by the vw parts i always end up carrying around on trips.
  they don't like the   pine needles and flowers i pick while taking walks in
the mountains and end up in a green pile in the bottom of my bag. 
why don't you drive to the border in a beat up old bus and complain when they
search you.    they might just say,  in the words of Arlo Guthrie (who is
coming to Olympia),
 "Kid, we don't like your type."

and you can start a movement....

did you see the nice clean sealing wax red & white 64 standard micro in his
movie?