Principled or not, how is respectful, quiet dissent not completely appropriate.
Consider how comfortable a person is when speaking to a telemarketer compared to a police officer or border patrol officer.
That we must grovel before those in uniform is a clear sign that they have too much power.
Of course his behavior was irrational if he was someone trying to smuggle in contraband. But it was rational if he's someone who feels that his rights as a law abiding citizen have been compromised by the re-entry procedures and seeks to make a point.
Consider how comfortable a person is when speaking to a telemarketer compared to a police officer or border patrol officer.
That we must grovel before those in uniform is a clear sign that they have too much power.
Of course his behavior was irrational if he was someone trying to smuggle in contraband. But it was rational if he's someone who feels that his rights as a law abiding citizen have been compromised by the re-entry procedures and seeks to make a point.