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Dr_Jones
Profile Joined March 2011
Norway252 Posts
January 31 2012 14:04 GMT
#201
What's interesting to me is how these two countries, who share a language, can interpret something to mean two wildly different things.

Bodes well for joint military activities, don't you think?

Brit: "Sir, we're going out and getting absolutely destroyed tonight"

American: "Holy shit, I better call in a preemptive airstrike!"

Brit: "Sir, you just blew up our stripbar..."

WOOOO!
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Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 14:07:01
January 31 2012 14:06 GMT
#202
I can't believe how many Europeans are taking this article seriously. It's a tabloid article. Dailymail shouldn't ever be taken seriously.

And they say the US are the ignorant ones who believe anything, lol. EU, the epitome of thought and reason.
Meser87
Profile Joined April 2011
United States476 Posts
January 31 2012 14:09 GMT
#203
On January 31 2012 19:45 Aristodemus wrote:
Atleast they didnt get shot, so a fairly successful trip to the US


Keep it classy
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
January 31 2012 14:10 GMT
#204
On January 31 2012 23:06 Angra wrote:
I can't believe how many Europeans are taking this article seriously. It's a tabloid article. Dailymail shouldn't ever be taken seriously.

And they say the US are the ignorant ones who believe anything, lol. EU, the epitome of thought and reason.

Are your post supposed to be better? You attack people that make generalized ignorant claims by making one yourself. Good job...
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Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 14:12:50
January 31 2012 14:11 GMT
#205
On January 31 2012 23:10 nihlon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 23:06 Angra wrote:
I can't believe how many Europeans are taking this article seriously. It's a tabloid article. Dailymail shouldn't ever be taken seriously.

And they say the US are the ignorant ones who believe anything, lol. EU, the epitome of thought and reason.

Are your post supposed to be better? You attack people that make generalized ignorant claims by making one yourself. Good job...


Only way to get people's attention in threads like this, really. Otherwise it gets drowned in even more America-flaming posts.

In all seriousness this thread should be closed, though. It's just fueling unneeded anger and bashing when its only source of info is a tabloid site.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32132 Posts
January 31 2012 14:12 GMT
#206
I'm glad we don't tolerate shitty Brit humor here.

ROCK ON AMERICA
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jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6641 Posts
January 31 2012 14:13 GMT
#207
This doesn't surprise me very much and I don't think my country can really talk since they tried to send that guy to jail for making a joke on twitter about blowing up an airport.
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vol_
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia1608 Posts
January 31 2012 14:16 GMT
#208
Because before a terrorist bombs a country they announce it to the world on twitter right?
Jaedong gives me a deep resonance.
Magic_Mike
Profile Joined May 2010
United States542 Posts
January 31 2012 14:17 GMT
#209
I can see why they would be kicked out. When I go to the airport I closely watch everything I say even with close friends and family. The people who work there don't know you and don't know whether you are serious or not. How could they? It's the first time they've ever met you in most cases. So going into a place that they no doubt know is pretty jumpy when it comes to security and making a "joking" threat while there is pretty stupid. They had to know it was a bad idea before they did it.
lozarian
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1043 Posts
January 31 2012 14:20 GMT
#210
On January 31 2012 21:42 malignant wrote:
Too bad no one replied to my post and debated my points because the more I think of it the more I am convinced that the DHS' hands are tied in this.
In essence, federal agents are forbidden from using racial profiling by the Department of Justice. Therefore if they allow this guy though the airport then if an Irani guy did something similar ( i.e. posting in ummah.com that he'd go to the US to destroy America) then DHS cannot apprehend him unless they have additional proof that he is involved in terrorism i.e. (in which case they can and will arrest him with or without him posting his intent ). To do so means they are making an arrest based on race / religion / nationality i.e. profiling.

TL DR; I think the DHS are forced by the situation to detain the guy.


This is a very good point that has been kinda ignored. I agree.

They did not, however, need to kick them out of the country when they realised that they were speaking different slang and cracking a (rather bad) joke. Sure, detain them, put the willies up them so the authorities aren't forced, as you say, to deal with this nonsense. Kicking them out of the country is just pants on head retarded, however.
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Mordanis
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States893 Posts
January 31 2012 14:22 GMT
#211
So security agents know that every terrorist will be Arabian and come from Iraq, Iran, etc.? I'd say that his visit went exactly as it should have considering that the only thing that the HS agents knew was that this guy had said he was going to destroy America. I'm pretty sure that the guy who did the shootings in Tucson last year that injured Gabby Giffords made youtube videos in which he said violent anti-America things, so it makes sense that we are taking it seriously.
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koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
January 31 2012 14:22 GMT
#212
Why are we taking something from the dailymail seriously to begin with? This is probably fake as all hell.
Mallidon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Scotland557 Posts
January 31 2012 14:24 GMT
#213
On January 31 2012 23:13 jello_biafra wrote:
This doesn't surprise me very much and I don't think my country can really talk since they tried to send that guy to jail for making a joke on twitter about blowing up an airport.


Yeah, reminds me of a story from a few years ago...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4879918.stm

On January 31 2012 23:11 Angra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 23:10 nihlon wrote:
On January 31 2012 23:06 Angra wrote:
I can't believe how many Europeans are taking this article seriously. It's a tabloid article. Dailymail shouldn't ever be taken seriously.

And they say the US are the ignorant ones who believe anything, lol. EU, the epitome of thought and reason.

Are your post supposed to be better? You attack people that make generalized ignorant claims by making one yourself. Good job...


Only way to get people's attention in threads like this, really. Otherwise it gets drowned in even more America-flaming posts.

In all seriousness this thread should be closed, though. It's just fueling unneeded anger and bashing when its only source of info is a tabloid site.


Bashing Europe for no reason and demanding the thread closed because you are scared of a little flaming of your country, really?
Bleh.
greyconnect
Profile Joined June 2011
39 Posts
January 31 2012 14:24 GMT
#214
You don't joke about that kinda stuff, man.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45776 Posts
January 31 2012 14:25 GMT
#215
On January 31 2012 23:16 vol_ wrote:
Because before a terrorist bombs a country they announce it to the world on twitter right?


Terrorists have announced plots through videos and other media outlets, but the internet is out of the question? Despite the fact that chaos and mass hysteria would be a primary goal on their part?

You didn't really think that through, did you?
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HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
January 31 2012 14:26 GMT
#216
.....really? I don't even... okay fine, if you can't take a joke then search them, but at least have the decency to apologize and compensate them for the pointless trouble you've caused and then let them enjoy their holiday
Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 14:34:40
January 31 2012 14:29 GMT
#217
On January 31 2012 23:24 Mallidon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 23:13 jello_biafra wrote:
This doesn't surprise me very much and I don't think my country can really talk since they tried to send that guy to jail for making a joke on twitter about blowing up an airport.


Yeah, reminds me of a story from a few years ago...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4879918.stm

Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 23:11 Angra wrote:
On January 31 2012 23:10 nihlon wrote:
On January 31 2012 23:06 Angra wrote:
I can't believe how many Europeans are taking this article seriously. It's a tabloid article. Dailymail shouldn't ever be taken seriously.

And they say the US are the ignorant ones who believe anything, lol. EU, the epitome of thought and reason.

Are your post supposed to be better? You attack people that make generalized ignorant claims by making one yourself. Good job...


Only way to get people's attention in threads like this, really. Otherwise it gets drowned in even more America-flaming posts.

In all seriousness this thread should be closed, though. It's just fueling unneeded anger and bashing when its only source of info is a tabloid site.


Bashing Europe for no reason and demanding the thread closed because you are scared of a little flaming of your country, really?


No, I'm saying the thread should be closed because it's creating a discussion about a tabloid article from a website that has a terrible history of reporting accurate news - essentially a joke site. I don't really think it's thread-worthy, in fact I don't think ANY thread using Dailymail as its only source should be a thread, no matter what country, person, etc. they are talking about. And people are taking the article to be 100% factual when a majority of articles from this site are not.

And as for the country flaming, it's not just "a little". It happens all the time on TL. But as soon as someone says 1 negative thing about Europe people get all defensive, it seems..
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14113 Posts
January 31 2012 14:32 GMT
#218
perfectly reasoned. America doesn't fuck around when it comes to anti terror operations in airports and stuff like that. If anything they where flagged on the internet (terror websites stay up for this reason) and then where red flagged for coming into america. When I go to the UK I'm not going to tweet about killing the queen and defacing the graves of kings before I go there its just stupid and the same thing will happen to me.
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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10881 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 14:34:38
January 31 2012 14:33 GMT
#219
Probably because "Europe" is not a country and the things you bring up vary from each of it's member countries... But you declaring Europe a country allready shows the problem "Europeans" have discussing with you...

perfectly reasoned. America doesn't fuck around when it comes to anti terror operations in airports and stuff like that. If anything they where flagged on the internet (terror websites stay up for this reason) and then where red flagged for coming into america. When I go to the UK I'm not going to tweet about killing the queen and defacing the graves of kings before I go there its just stupid and the same thing will happen to me.


As long as people actually support bullshit like this, all the US-Ridicule is more than deserved.

You arrested two guys for basically saying:
"We gonna party in the US + a Family Guy quote".

If you don't see something wrong with that, you have severe issues.
Technique
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands1542 Posts
January 31 2012 14:35 GMT
#220
Now those terrorists will think twice before they use twitter!
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