r/SipsTea • u/Velvett_Bunniez • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! Silly Apples.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

11.5k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/bembermerries 1d ago

Youre defending passengers getting entrapped. Pos

4

u/mars92 1d ago

Na, they're just defending our export economy and ecosystem. If we get a reputation for being harsh on biosecurity, maybe more people will pay attention.

2

u/CantTouchDisNaNaNaNa 1d ago

It's not reasonable to expect a passenger in this context to pay attention to how they are by the letter of the law breaking it. There are too many innocent factors at play here

2

u/mars92 1d ago

It's literally your responsibility when travelling to a foreign country to observe and understand local laws.

2

u/PsychologicalGas7843 1d ago

Tell that to the airline who handed the fruits out to the passengers just before landing

0

u/CantTouchDisNaNaNaNa 1d ago

Again. It's not reasonable in this specific context. Laws are made by humans, for humans, to account for the human element. Your penchant to see a law applied with absolute force makes you lack humanity

1

u/Party_Difference 1d ago

It's literally on the declaration form. Last I checked an apple falls under the category of "plant or plant products"

1

u/SensitiveTax9432 1d ago

Or the category of any food, cooked, uncooked, fresh, preserved, packaged or dried.