Comment: Austrian economics! Paypal link on youtube followup!

Imissliberty gets my new comment/post of the thread award for pointing out this link. For those who missed it but dislike/like me enough to read my posts instead, here it is. Take it how you will, but is this how you say in America....rickrolled? Or just a good old lesson on capitalism coming from our more socialist neighbors?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4eFX5WTuZ4&feature=channel

I've been accross the US/Canadian border a number of times without incident, but not so with the last time. My friend was driving into Canada and we got a bunch of nonsense questions too, but we didnt act like jerks. Still, we were sent through 2 MORE levels of security, had the car and our wallets carefully searched, and had full background checks. Hell, we even got mocked a couple of times. We didnt act like jerks like this guy, yet were still banned from entry to Canada because my friend had a DWAI 7 years earlier! Yes, we did speak up when it came to that, and were informed that DWAI(mind you, that is the lesser offense than DUI/DWI, less dangerous by far than even slightly fatigued driving, just a revenue source that no one would ever fight against) was a "serious offense in Canada". Really? Is crime really that much of a non issue there?

My point is we didn't act like jerks, or like smart-assed, spoiled children. The husband's jackassery caused the wife to go into hysterics and grab an officer. None of the comments bothered to mention that. The Jerk(tm) was also yelling, "What are you gonna do?! What are you gonna do?!", to the officer, which is what some people tend to yell in a situation that is potentially escalating to a fight. It's basically an all out mockery of someone, asserting that they CAN'T do anything to you to get you to stop, and really no less than calling them out. Is that what you want to do to any officer of the law, let alone a border guard?!?! I'm amazed at how different our perceptions are, I'm wondering if everyone actually listened to this?

Legalizeliberty, I realize youre Canadian and this holds special interest to you. But to the others being vulgar and mocking the border patrol folks.... REALLY?????????? Are you serious? Anyone who knows me knows I dont particularly care for cops and i despise the thought of a police state, but are you serious? I read all of the comments before watching the "video" and thought I was going to hear officers sounding like idiots and being abusive... I was told I'd want to punch something... Well other than the rude, arrogant, opportunistic jerk, that isn't the case.

The officers were doing their job. Sometimes a certain number of questions are asked to see if you trip up against something you've already said. Or maybe you look nervous. For the love of Pete, you'll go through naked scanners to fly a couple of hours, yet you cant respectfully answer questions(how long did he make it? 20 seconds???) to enter a foreign country?!? Part of border work deals with commerce, so basically seeing if they intended to buy anything specific items or category of items is commonplace and wouldnt have been a big deal if the guy didnt make it one.

I've been fooled by people who got an emotional response out of me, but even if this event was real, I wouldn't support anyone that rude. But hey, he is supposedly in ill health from this and needs your paypal donations. Did someone say this was on the frontpage? Either way, if you dont think the 2nd officer who spoke to him basically checkmated him on logic(before the final one turned him into a wimpering pansy who finally realized what an idiot he was), feel free to send him your money. Heck, feel free to send it to me as well!

EDIT: (I didnt hit save yet but reconsidered a bit) I may have been a little more harsh on the jerk than i should have been, but it's probably due to reading numerous perverse comments about the officers, expecting this horrifying video like the one where the woman was screaming from being repeatedly tased for having an expired license, and then hearing what actually happened. I think I'm a little more upset at the misleading comments the jerk inspired than the actions of the jerk himself. And I admire him for his understanding of market economics and his ability to turn his antics into a profit with the help of the Daily Paul. I believe I read about such techniques in a guerilla marketing book when helping start a business a few years ago. Real or fake, jerk or victim, I respect anyone who can find the silver lining.