pianokeys wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:35 am
digits_ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:58 amYou missed the point completely. If country B is refusing entrance to citizens who do something that is legal in country A while living in country A, you could probably find something on every citizen of every country to prohibit them access to any other country in the world. Speed limits, DUI limits, same sex marriages, abortion, gun use and control, free speech, ... All subjects that vary wildly over the globe.
I really dont think youre grasping this concept at all. Its
their country and
they can do
whatever they want. Just think of how many other countries there are on earth that deny access to people who do legal things in their country. Ever try and go to Mecca as a Christian?
Mecca is not a country.
pianokeys wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:35 am
digits_ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:58 amAnd again: yes, they can decide to refuse entry to anyone they want, but if they do, there should be consequences.
Sounds like a escalating tit-for-tat border war to me.
That is what it could possibly turn in to. So I'd like to avoid that whole thing and request that the US gets rid of this policy.
pianokeys wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:35 am
digits_ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:58 amNobody is advocating imposing Canadian rules in the US...
they can decide to refuse entry to anyone they want, but if they do, there should be consequences...
You could argue they can decide who can and can not enter the US, but if they start pulling stunts like that, Canada could (and should, really) do the same...
the US should not punish you for something you legally did in Canada...
This is the most contradictory string of thoughts I have ever read. And these are all things youve said.
What is contradictory about any of those things?
Clarification:
1) Nobody is advocating that people should be allowed to buy pot stocks in the US
2) They have the legal right to turn anyone away for any random reason. Canada has the same legal right to do the same thing at its borders.
3) If the US turns people away for marihuana stock, Canada could decide to turn people away for owning automatic guns
4) The US (or Canada for that matter) shouldn't punish citizens from other countries for doing legal things in that country. Nor the pot stock holders, nor the automatic gun owners have done anything wrong in this example.
pianokeys wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:35 am
If you have a criminal record in Canada, you can be denied entry in to the US. Or denied entry in to any country that doesnt want criminals visiting.
Correct, because it shows you don't follow the rules. The people we are discussing here are Canadians who LEGALLY own marihuana stock and do not have a criminal record. This is not about "criminals visiting the US"
Here is another question for you: what if the US would refuse all hockey players or hockey fans entry into the US, because they do not like the violence that accompanies the sport? Would you still accept it and defend their right to do so without any reciprocal action?
It seems to me that a lot of people don't care about the policy because they do not approve recreational marihuana use themselves and find it secretly very good that the US steps up where Canada "failed" and they hope the US will do the dirty work for them. If that is your point of view, you are not an objective party in this discussion.
Me, I don't care about Marihuana use or hockey either way, and I would be opposed to both policies for the reasons stated above.