Believe it or not, I was reading your posts, not going by FO's replies. So apparently however you were phrasing things, FO is not the only one who thought you "need convincing" of something. ;-)
My only beef is with people who just want to arrest anyone somebody else thinks is suspicious looking.
And even when they do and find out they are OK, let them go.
I do have a real beef with the authorities at LAX if they let these Syrians go through with expired visas.
THAT is inexcusable.