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Two possible terrorists detained and deported.

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  1. phish42O phish42O is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 2:46am)

    Woot! Go Homeland Security.

    TWO pals were barred from entering the US after innocent tweets joking about "destroying America" were picked up by the country's anti-terror cops.
    US special agents monitoring Twitter spotted Leigh Van Bryan's messages weeks before he left for a holiday in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.

    Leigh, who also quipped about "digging up Marilyn Monroe" on Twitter, said they were treated like terrorists on arrival at a Los Angeles International Airport. The pair were held by armed guards and quizzed for five hours before being handcuffed, put in a van with illegal immigrants and locked up overnight.

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...tter-joke.html

    Safety!
  2. tommpat2000 tommpat2000 is offline Chief Asshat

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 2:49am) in reply to phish42O

    is that a tabloid or just a terrible webiste?

    and lol at this story if true, TSA is such a joke
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 2:59am) in reply to tommpat2000

    It's a tab. If this story is true, someone REALLY needs to get a sense of humour . . . TSA is a joke regardless.
    Edited By: Milo Jan 31st, 2012 at 03:00 AM
  4. phish42O phish42O is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 3:01am) in reply to Milo

    It's a real story.

    It's hitting all the majors now.

    The actual detainment report is already posted online.
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  5. The Smoking Pimp The Smoking Pimp is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 4:23am) in reply to phish42O

    Thats what you get for joking about stuff like that for everyone to see
  6. phish42O phish42O is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 4:47am) in reply to The Smoking Pimp

     
    Originally Posted by The Smoking Pimp View Post

    Thats what you get for joking about stuff like that for everyone to see


    yep. you get locked in a fucking cage.
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 6:15am) in reply to phish42O

    Why do you hate America? Why why whyyyyy?!

    Thank god we were saved in time.
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 7:29am) in reply to skisteve

    land of the free
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 7:34am) in reply to TMLMS13

    TSA does this whenever they can to show us how much safer we are with them than we'd be without them. You feel safer now that these two were locked up, right?
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  10. Niceguy Niceguy is offline I will find you.

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 7:37am) in reply to Dyzalot

    I do feel safer.

    Thank you TSA, keep up the mediocre work.
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:24am) in reply to Niceguy

    that girl kind of looks like a young Jennifer Coolidge (Stifler's mom)
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 10:04am) in reply to TMLMS13

  13. darkpoker12 darkpoker12 is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 10:18am) in reply to Mr. Smith

    Here is the thing you need to learn about Britain, there is prob 1 reputable paper and the rest are tabloid bullshit.
  14. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 1:40pm) in reply to darkpoker12

     
    Originally Posted by darkpoker12 View Post

    Here is the thing you need to learn about phish420, he only posts tabloid bullshit.

    fixed it
  15. phish42O phish42O is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 2:04pm) in reply to Glo4m

     
    Originally Posted by Glo4m View Post

    fixed it


    Yeah, it hasn't hit memegenerator.com so you prob haven't read it yet.

    It's up on fox, msnbc, and usatoday amongst many others now if you want to read it.
    Edited By: phish42O Jan 31st, 2012 at 02:06 PM
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  16. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 2:23pm) in reply to phish42O

     
    Originally Posted by phish42O View Post

    Yeah, it hasn't hit memegenerator.com so you prob haven't read it yet.

    It's up on fox, msnbc, and usatoday amongst many others now if you want to read it.

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 2:48pm) in reply to phish42O

     
    Originally Posted by phish42O View Post

    Yeah, it hasn't hit memegenerator.com so you prob haven't read it yet.

    It's up on fox, msnbc, and usatoday amongst many others now if you want to read it.

    I wonder what spin fox news puts on this.
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 5:35pm) in reply to TMLMS13

    i saw a terrorist the other day! dude was ahead of me at the grocery store, he was buying a lot of canned food and was missing a finger!!

    i wont feel safe until they execute that dude. i bet he is a military vet too! how can this guy be walking free!!!???
  19. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 5:38pm) in reply to kowboy8686

    so is the government supposed to be able to pick up on sarcasm and deem which threats are not actual threats?

    or do you believe that anyone should be able to make threats to the US with no repercussions or investigation?

    obviously this story is a little absurd tho
    Edited By: TheWacoKidd Jan 31st, 2012 at 05:40 PM
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  20. Mr Galt Mr Galt is offline sister-in-law's a ho

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 5:39pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    TSA - keeping out the limey cock blockers since 2001
  21. Dyzalot Dyzalot is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 5:42pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    so is the government supposed to be able to pick up on sarcasm and deem which threats are not actual threats?

    If they can't tell the difference then what good are they?
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 5:48pm) in reply to Dyzalot

     
    Originally Posted by Dyzalot View Post

    If they can't tell the difference then what good are they?

    without them, who is going to pull off grandmas depends and check for explosives?
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 5:50pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    so is the government supposed to be able to pick up on sarcasm and deem which threats are not actual threats?

    they should prob at least update to a post 1940's sarcasm meter.
     
  24. Dyzalot Dyzalot is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 6:00pm) in reply to kowboy8686

     
    Originally Posted by kowboy8686 View Post

    without them, who is going to pull off grandmas depends and check for explosives?

    What it boils down to is that every time they investigate or detain someone they justify their job. Therefore their own job security lies in being able to find people they deem as questionable. It will always be defined in a way so as to maximize employment and resource needs.
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  25. Dyzalot Dyzalot is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:47pm) in reply to Dyzalot

    Apparently it wasn't even sarcasm so much as it was just slang and a pop culture reference that got them detained.

     

    BBC News reports that two British tourists were stopped at Los Angeles International Airport last week and barred from visiting the U.S. because one
    of them joked on Twitter that he planned to "destroy America" (meaning have a good time) and dig up Marilyn Monroe's remains (a Family Guy reference).

    http://reason.com/blog/2012/01/31/a-...yn-monroe-is-s
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  26. Hateflops Hateflops is offline 7 over par. ship it!

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:49pm) in reply to Dyzalot

    I will now go outside today knowing that we are safer!
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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:52pm) in reply to Hateflops

  28. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:52pm) in reply to sinatra22

    Yeah,it's obv an absurd overreaction from our ridiculous govt, but the guy coulda chosen his words a little better. To not let them enter the country is just mind bottling
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  29. Donkey Kong Donkey Kong is offline it's on like me

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:53pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    america, fuck yeah!
  30. Dyzalot Dyzalot is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2012 (1/31/2012 9:54pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    Yeah,it's obv an absurd overreaction from our ridiculous govt, but the guy coulda chosen his words a little better. To not let them enter the country is just mind bottling

    Seriously? So when you are tweeting or posting on internet forums you think about how the slang and language you use might be interpreted in the future by someone from Homeland Security?
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