The relation of the happiness in the health

When I first read the story about how Canadian Science Fiction writer Dr. Peter Watts, was beaten and arrested at the Canadian/US border while trying to return back to Canada from the US, I have to say I was not too surprised. I am an expat who lives in Mexico close to the Mexico/US border and this behavior from Homeland security is very common. A cyclist friend of mine told me he would never cross into the US again because he was going on a training ride on his 7,000usd bicycle and dressed in his team uniform, but the Homeland security agents were convinced he was smuggling drugs and proceeded to dismantle this very valuable bike. When they found nothing after hours of detention, they LET him return to Mexico with his bike in pieces. He had to call his wife to pick him up because they destroyed his special bike.
Another example, again from a cyclist friend, said she crossed the border and before she knew what was happening, a female military trooper began to frisk her from behind and she became scared when 5 other soldiers were watching and waiting to "get" her for speaking back to the soldier but fortunately she calmed down and said nothing more and the soldier left. What is the military doing reaching into peoples pockets without a word or reason!?
I personally have been detained in secondary inspection with other cars, trapped in a line, while dogs circled the cars. I was there for 1/2 and hour and given no explanation. I rarely enter my own country now because of the aggressive and rude behavior of the Homeland security agents and Military. I do not recognize my country anymore, it is not the same place it used to be and that is very sad. This is the very topic I usually discuss in my blog about the human condition, Big Brother, and treating each other with respect. If we cannot treat human beings with respect, what chance do aliens have if they dare set foot on Planet Earth?
I feel very sorry for Dr. Peter Watts and know from personal experience that he most likely did not provoke or attack any official. They look for the chance to abuse their power whenever possible.
Here is a link to the story with updates.
Here are some links well worth reading about the abuses of the US Boarder Patrol.
From Amnesty International. About the regular abuse on the US side of the border. Here is a part of the story: In 1992, students and staff at a local high school brought a class action suit against the El Paso Border Patrol alleging a pattern of serious human rights abuses. Cases adopted by the court as findings of fact included that of a 15-year-old girl, Nieden Susie Diaz, who was assaulted by a Border Patrol agent on her way home from school. According to the court, the agent “for no apparent reason knocked Nieden down to the ground and kicked her about twenty times.”
Here is another link :A Laredo man is speaking out against the Laredo sector Border Patrol tonight, saying agents repeatedly violate his rights.
He says after several years of complaining Border Patrol supervisors continue sweeping the issue under the rug.
He says he spent twenty years in the military all to be harassed by Border Patrol agents who seem to be taking advantage of their authority.
Now the concerned resident says either the U.S. is becoming a communist nation or people along the border are simply considered second-class citizens.
Carlos Gonzalez says getting home to his ranch off highway 83 just north of Laredo means having to battle border patrol agents.
“It's just harassment in its purest form out there.”
That is just the tip of the iceberg, it goes on and on. Here is a video and a prime example of the abuse of the border patrol and the lack of rights you have within a 100 miles of the border north and south.