Sorry but this is not about semantics." You said something that was factually incorrect. Everyone is NOT "stopped" at the agricultural inspection stations, as you claimed. Everyone IS "funneled" through an area similar to a toll booth at a toll road. You are not required to stop unless the inspector/toll booth operator tells you to do so. In reality, few people are "stopped," most just roll through slowly. Your statement was inaccurate.
Perhaps an old, bad joke will help clarify this for you. A policeman stops a driver for rolling through a stop sign. The man tells the police officer that he "slowed down" for the stop sign. The police officer responds that the sign requires him to stop, not just slow down. The man replies, (much as you have) that they mean the same thing. The police officer drags the man from his car and starts beating him with his baton. As he does, he asks the man if he wants him to STOP or to SLOW DOWN.
Most will understand the meaning of the joke. You may not, because, "semantics."
You seem not to be aware be aware of this, but topics on Internet forum discussions sometimes stray from their original topics. It's called "thread drift," and sometimes it produces interesting side discussions. This time, not so much.
It's simple really. You were imprecise in your statementt and I corrected you. As I said earlier, 'words have meaning.' If you use them improperly, create a false narrative (that everyone is "stopped" at CA Ag Inspection Stations) you should expect to be corrected.
If you can't/won't admit a simple mistake, you have bigger problems than "semantics."
