" you as a visitor was treated by the authorities in a way that you felt was barbaric and inhumane that would be wrong."

IF it were true that the treatment was barbaric, inhumane or a violation of my rights. There is still a question as to whether their treatment was wrong or whether they had a bad reaction to their treatment. Having a bad reaction does not make them wrong, nor does it mean that I don't believe them.

None of us on this forum have enough information or background to make an accurate judgement. We have opinions, perhaps some personal experiences to draw on, but we are not in a position to pass definitive judgement.

McGrath - I'm sorry you failed to see the relevance of the examples I gave and chose to dismiss them. That speaks volumes.

Jeri - I don't know if it is fair to say that the children of crack addict moms get abused because of their parents sins. You are right about incompetent bureaucracies being inflexible, but again we do not have all the facts to be 100% certain in this case.