[OT: DUI] Canadian immigration police

[spewey at comcast.net (Spewey)]

Brian Haygood wrote:
> I'm sure I have missed lots of intellegent banter by not reading the
> whole thread, but here's my input.  Slightly less tactful than usual
> because I lack sleep, but...

UPDATE:  Canadian immigration lawyer says, "As long as it's not an 
actual DUI, he'll have no problem getting a student visa" so case is 
closed.  He leaves on Sunday.

> If the idiot can't keep his beers, keys and right foot in check any
> better than that, I'm kinda glad he at least gets some kind of
> hassles for it.  Too bad the Canucks are leaving him with us, but
> good for them for not taking him.  Sure, he's probably a great guy,
> but there should be more consequences for people doing stupid crap
> like this.  And, no, this is not a case of "everybody does it once in
> a while". They simply don't.

He got hassles, anxiety, costs nearing $2000, and a hilarious dressing 
down from members of this list.  You happy now?  I don't condone DUI 
either but I had no idea about the Canadian inadmissibility rule. 
Anecdotes like "my pa smoked pot 30 years ago..." and "gosh, Americans 
need more immigration hassles..." were what I was hoping for, not 
"you're a dumb Liberal and he's a dumb drunk so fuck you both."

Uncool and unfun.

> I've worked too many accident scenes involving people who, "just had
> one or two beers" to feel sorry for somebody being minorly
> inconvenienced as a result of doing something that stupid.

If by 'minorly inconvenienced' you mean not being able to persue his 
chosen career path or visit his mom for five years then you have a 
different definition of 'minorly' than most people.  That was kind of 
the point of the post, but since you guys are so into it, I'll just ask 
if DUI is OK next time.  Er, I mean, if fruitcake being served.