Things you don’t understand, part 1: The English Language.
Here, I clearly stated that I don’t know for a fact that the former head of CBP is completely correct in his assessment of where most drugs cross the border, but that it was the only relevant information I had to go on. This is contrary to your assertions that I’m gullible and simply believing anyone in a position of authority who says anything.
A competent reader, who disagreed with me, might have felt invited to share the basis for their contrary opinion. Which transitions to...
Things you don’t understand, part 2: Irony.
One brave reader struggled mightily to understand that disproving facts that did not serve as a basis for the underlying opinion was irrelevant to the discussion. Once he thrashed the fire breathing numbers monster, sufficiently, our hero, Don Quixote, (
@NorthDallas40) stated that his basis for believing that most drugs do not come through ports of entry was... his opinion that CBP is too incompetent to decide where the drugs are coming in.
Nothing else, apparently. Not one single relevant fact or shred of actual proof. CBP says A so the inverse of A must be true... because apparently he knows better than they do.
Translation: I say it, therefore it is, I win.
Enter you in exhibit B:
This is irony. Your post is ironic because the argument you lampoon is actually the same as the argument you’re agreeing with. The irony was magnified in your second post when you quoted him directly saying he was
Things you don’t understand, part 3: Logic.
Exhibit C:
Your subjective lack of trust in the person saying “most drugs come through ports of entry” is not proof that most drugs come through at other locations. Your saggy balls and receding hairline are equally irrelevant.
However, I’m conceding the point.
@AM64 probably was correct, CATO’s numbers are absolutely misleading with respect to who is bringing most drugs into the country.
Based on this experience, I have decided that it is 100% plausible that foreigners get caught bringing drugs in at a much lower rate because they’re smarter than Americans.
You guys win.
