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Of course. But the thing is, they actually reported what really happened. Conversely, do you realize this sort of things shouldn't be really happening in what

Of course. But the thing is, they actually reported what really happened. Conversely, do you realize this sort of things shouldn't be really happening in what claims to be the most advanced and civilized country on this planet? I'm not hearing of this crap happening in central Europe for instance. You can expect these things from some forgotten African country, but not really from one of the so called first-world countries. Really, those government agents should have had access to sufficient information to determine if those 160000 dollars had a legitimate origin and a legitimate objective. Where's the due process please? For many people this sum could represent several years of savings. The government can't just take it for no reason. Perhaps this poor black guy should consider emigration from the US. He could move to Europe. I'm sure if he was ready to launch a startup he should be able to land a good job there, then get rid of the US passport a few years later.

wavefunction 11y ago
>>claims to be the most advanced and civilized country on this planet? You seem to have fallen for American propaganda harder than any American I've ever met. We are taught in our schools about the evils our government has conducted throughout our history to the indigenous pre-Columbus populations, women, ethnic and sexual minorities. There has never been a period in American history where some evil was not being visited on either our own people by the rich and powerful or our Government, or evil visited on people of other countries. I do think it's a country with a lot of positive qualities and the majority of Americans are decent people but with 300,000,000 people some of them are going to be evil or misguided in their attempts to transform the US and the world in ways they think should happen. The "War on Drugs," which began with alcohol prohibition in the early 1900s and was shifted to other narcotics as time went by is one of those examples. Some Americans think that other Americans should be prevented from taking drugs for a variety of reasons, and so laws attempting to prohibit the trade and usage of narcotics are passed. Civil forfeiture was added as a "tool" to make trade in narcotics more painful as just locking up or fining people was not having the desired effect. Rather than admit that some people will take drugs whether they are legal or not, these people who want no one to take drugs would rather push further and further in their misguided quest.

wavefunction 11y ago

>>claims to be the most advanced and civilized country on this planet? You seem to have fallen for American propaganda harder than any American I've ever met. We are taught in our schools about the evils our government has conducted throughout our history to the indigenous pre-Columbus populations, women, ethnic and sexual minorities. There has never been a period in American history where some evil was not being visited on either our own people by the rich and powerful or our Government, or evil visited on people of other countries. I do think it's a country with a lot of positive qualities and the majority of Americans are decent people but with 300,000,000 people some of them are going to be evil or misguided in their attempts to transform the US and the world in ways they think should happen. The "War on Drugs," which began with alcohol prohibition in the early 1900s and was shifted to other narcotics as time went by is one of those examples. Some Americans think that other Americans should be prevented from taking drugs for a variety of reasons, and so laws attempting to prohibit the trade and usage of narcotics are passed. Civil forfeiture was added as a "tool" to make trade in narcotics more painful as just locking up or fining people was not having the desired effect. Rather than admit that some people will take drugs whether they are legal or not, these people who want no one to take drugs would rather push further and further in their misguided quest.