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Ordinary Canadians stopped at border for the most trivial causes
Here’s an example of how an excess of freedom leads to a loss of freedom. Canadians going into the U.S. are being stopped at the border for the most trivial, absurd causes. Gary Handford, heading with wife and children to a vacation at Disneyland, was prevented from entering because of a 20-year-old conviction for theft that involved a $100 fine and 18 hours of community work. This despite the fact that he has entered the U.S. many times previously with no problem. A woman who frequently travels to the U.S was prevented from entering because of a conviction for possession of marijuana in 1990, for which she had been fined $100. Is it now the rule that if a Canadian has had one minor conviction in the distant past, he can never again enter the United States? What is going on here? What is the rationale for this? What possible reason could there be to prevent a Canadian man from entering the U.S. on a vacation with his family?
Because of 9/11, we’ve gone, at least in some instances, from insanely lax to insanely rigid. Or rather, we veer senselessly back and forth between the two. This is the result of liberalism. Civilization, of the Western kind, is the balance of order and freedom. But liberalism in the name of total freedom destroys the rule of law, and so we end up without order or freedom. Email entry |