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You are right -- it is best not to say anything. But be prepared for being detained for 6 hours as part of a "routine" search. There must be some way to poliel
by asmithmd1 16y ago
You are right -- it is best not to say anything. But be prepared for being detained for 6 hours as part of a "routine" search.
There must be some way to poliely tell them you decline to answer any questions. Maybe "I am sorry but I have been advised not to answer any questions."
- thaumaturgy 16y agoHe is a lawyer, and most lawyers would advise their clients that the less they say, the better. Your example would lead to a neat follow-up question, "Who advised you?", which -- according to the document you linked -- might be considered legal grounds for a non-routine search! The legal arena takes rationality and the rules of debate to their most absurd possible conclusions, and therefore doesn't work in ways that you or I would consider intuitive. Or, more succintly: politeness could land you in court.