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ztranger
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden57 Posts
January 31 2012 10:34 GMT
#21
One thing you havn't concidered is how many people they have employed to find terrorists and how many of them actually found one (which would be very few). I'd say that most of those security guys are so bored with not finding terrorists they take even long shots to break their boredom and maybe maybe find a terrorist.
sharky246
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1197 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 10:35:36
January 31 2012 10:34 GMT
#22
Oh yes of course, because terrorists have something against monroe
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Wrongspeedy
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1655 Posts
January 31 2012 10:35 GMT
#23
On January 31 2012 19:34 ztranger wrote:
One thing you havn't concidered is how many people they have employed to find terrorists and how many of them actually found one (which would be very few). I'd say that most of those security guys are so bored with not finding terrorists they take even long shots to break their boredom and maybe maybe find a terrorist.


If they did catch someone before they did anything you would never hear about it*
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v3chr0
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States856 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 10:37:25
January 31 2012 10:36 GMT
#24
Just when I thought these threads were gone for the day, one pops up.

It's unbelievable what can be used against you these days. A twitter post? really? thats equal to accusing singer/songwriters of acts commited in their lyrics, which has happened. I could have understood it if they said it in the airport, since theyre really anal about threats like that, but twitter... sigh.

It's amazing how far the Government stretches its power. Yea, the Government promising security is always good... Let them tell you can't J-walk, talk on a cell phone crossing the street, smoke in doors, breath because it's carbon dioxide, where does it end? People think giving up stuff like this means nothing but it's all to see how much they can get away with, and it never goes away it only compounds. America is becoming what it fought to become independent from, the Government sucks no matter where you go.
"He catches him with his pants down, backs him off into a corner, and then it's over." - Khaldor
smokeyhoodoo
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1021 Posts
January 31 2012 10:37 GMT
#25
They treat everyone like a terrorist. I don't mean to generalize but I think a lot of them are simply self righteous people who think this country would be a field of glass without them and their jobs.
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ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
January 31 2012 10:38 GMT
#26
Gotta love "Freedom of Speach" and the country that invented it..... it's priceless
U MAD BRO?
drumsetjunky
Profile Joined May 2011
United States136 Posts
January 31 2012 10:38 GMT
#27
Although I think that this is really crazy silly...
Goes to show don't eff around with America we are serious(although a bit TOO serious) about safe guarding our country.

Lesson to be learned from this?
Watch what you say.

Oh God I sound like everyone's mother now....
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Mauldo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States750 Posts
January 31 2012 10:39 GMT
#28
The worst thing about this is that people are actually defending my country for denying two Brits entry because they said they would destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe's body in a tweet that was obviously a joke. Can I not make jokes on Twitter anymore? Do I really have to watch what jokes I make on social media out of fear of being rounded up by the FBI, Homeland Security, or denied travel by the TSA?
NeWeNiyaLord
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Norway2474 Posts
January 31 2012 10:40 GMT
#29
Haha I read about this in the local news, Before shipping them out i think they should have investigated more lol
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ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 10:45:13
January 31 2012 10:43 GMT
#30
On January 31 2012 19:39 Mauldo wrote:
The worst thing about this is that people are actually defending my country for denying two Brits entry because they said they would destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe's body in a tweet that was obviously a joke. Can I not make jokes on Twitter anymore? Do I really have to watch what jokes I make on social media out of fear of being rounded up by the FBI, Homeland Security, or denied travel by the TSA?



Well..yes..because aparently they (US) are so high-tech they got "bombed" by pajama wearing men using their own planes. So....they have been reduced to eliminating any risks ahead.....But rest assured...kids in their highschools still can enter with guns and shoot their colegues and stuff.... Standard

User was temp banned for this post.
U MAD BRO?
nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
January 31 2012 10:43 GMT
#31
On January 31 2012 19:33 SolHeiM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 19:27 bOneSeven wrote:
On January 31 2012 19:22 SolHeiM wrote:
But what if these had been actual terrorists? How are they supposed to deduce if a tweet is real or not? Now you might not think that many "solo" terrorists would openly announce to the world that they're going to destroy America, but when large terrorist organizations openly announce that they will, how can they not take things like this seriously?

There is no way that they can know if this is a real threat or not, therefore they have to treat it as a real threat.

On January 31 2012 19:21 Keitzer wrote:
Lol, if I was this brit couple, i'd be just laughing the ENTIRE time... fucking jokes these airport security are man...


I wouldn't be laughing. I'd be scared shit-less I'd be thrown into some prison like Guantanamo Bay.


Terrorist won't anounce on a public social media device that they gonna attack. How are they gonna succed? .......

And yes, the bigger question is how much they monitor twitter....Or all social medias, for "hot" words or whatever...


But they can't do that though. They can't say "oh, they're probably not terrorists. Terrorists wouldn't be that stupid..." and then ten hours later a plane gets blown up or crashes into the Statue of Liberty. What are they going to say to the American people? "Oh, but they announced it on twitter. We didn't think terrorists would be that stupid, so we didn't bother. Very sorry."


I thought it was pretty clear what those tweets meant. If someone seriously thinks someone is a terrorist based on those tweets I'd be quite worried. You don't think they could have solved this without arresting someone?
E_minus
Profile Joined July 2009
Russian Federation60 Posts
January 31 2012 10:45 GMT
#32
If only all terrirists announced their plans on twitter. That would make the world much better place!
Aristodemus
Profile Joined January 2011
England2009 Posts
January 31 2012 10:45 GMT
#33
Atleast they didnt get shot, so a fairly successful trip to the US
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
January 31 2012 10:46 GMT
#34
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v3chr0
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States856 Posts
January 31 2012 10:48 GMT
#35
On January 31 2012 19:43 ReboundEU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 19:39 Mauldo wrote:
The worst thing about this is that people are actually defending my country for denying two Brits entry because they said they would destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe's body in a tweet that was obviously a joke. Can I not make jokes on Twitter anymore? Do I really have to watch what jokes I make on social media out of fear of being rounded up by the FBI, Homeland Security, or denied travel by the TSA?



Well..yes..because aparently they (US) are so high-tech they got "bombed" by pajama wearing men using their own planes. So....they have been reduced to eliminating any risks ahead.....But rest assured...kids in their highschools still can enter with guns and shoot their colegues and stuff.... Standard


What the fuck are you on? Why are you turning this into something it's not, go vent in the proper thread.
"He catches him with his pants down, backs him off into a corner, and then it's over." - Khaldor
Fubi
Profile Joined March 2011
2228 Posts
January 31 2012 10:50 GMT
#36
On January 31 2012 19:22 SolHeiM wrote:
But what if these had been actual terrorists? How are they supposed to deduce if a tweet is real or not? Now you might not think that many "solo" terrorists would openly announce to the world that they're going to destroy America, but when large terrorist organizations openly announce that they will, how can they not take things like this seriously?

There is no way that they can know if this is a real threat or not, therefore they have to treat it as a real threat.

Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 19:21 Keitzer wrote:
Lol, if I was this brit couple, i'd be just laughing the ENTIRE time... fucking jokes these airport security are man...


I wouldn't be laughing. I'd be scared shit-less I'd be thrown into some prison like Guantanamo Bay.

If they were actual terrorists, they wouldn't be tweeting about it, c'mon use your head lol
bOneSeven
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Romania685 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 10:55:24
January 31 2012 10:51 GMT
#37
On January 31 2012 19:38 drumsetjunky wrote:
Although I think that this is really crazy silly...
Goes to show don't eff around with America we are serious(although a bit TOO serious) about safe guarding our country.

Lesson to be learned from this?
Watch what you say.

Oh God I sound like everyone's mother now....


No, you shouldn't watch your language on social made u use to joke and dick around most of the times.

What should be the result of this ? Change the law ? Don't think it's possible .... What should be done is simple: spread the word about this event and hurt tourism in America. Simple as that. As long as people get their pocket empty, they will think twice about this type of pseudo-security ( who I believe, it's sole purpose is to teach citizen to stand in straight line and learn that they are machines with no purpose, but only to move mindlessly - you don't need a conspiracy for this, perhaps it has been burryied in human subcounsciouss in the last hundreds of years )

How do you hurt corporation who abuse their power ? Simple, spread the word, stop supporting their products, hurt them economically and let's see change. Same goes for a country ( where tourism I guess brings big revenue ), hurt them in their pockets.
Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 10:57:21
January 31 2012 10:53 GMT
#38
On January 31 2012 19:48 v3chr0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 19:43 ReboundEU wrote:
On January 31 2012 19:39 Mauldo wrote:
The worst thing about this is that people are actually defending my country for denying two Brits entry because they said they would destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe's body in a tweet that was obviously a joke. Can I not make jokes on Twitter anymore? Do I really have to watch what jokes I make on social media out of fear of being rounded up by the FBI, Homeland Security, or denied travel by the TSA?



Well..yes..because aparently they (US) are so high-tech they got "bombed" by pajama wearing men using their own planes. So....they have been reduced to eliminating any risks ahead.....But rest assured...kids in their highschools still can enter with guns and shoot their colegues and stuff.... Standard


What the fuck are you on? Why are you turning this into something it's not, go vent in the proper thread.


It's exactly on topic. U turned into a paranoid country, while failing badly at gestionating your own internal problems. U ban ppl for jokes without even investigating. Your "Freedom of Speach" is limited to what some want to hear? ) This news is just sad and ironic at the same time really.

If i were u, i wouldn't google the word "bomb". Someone might be knocking on your door after a few hours.
U MAD BRO?
Latchy
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia121 Posts
January 31 2012 10:54 GMT
#39
Woah. Why would you want to visit a country that has messed security like this one? o.O
"Screw with Nestea and you catch a Nes.T.D" - Tasteless
v3chr0
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States856 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 11:00:31
January 31 2012 10:57 GMT
#40
On January 31 2012 19:53 ReboundEU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 19:48 v3chr0 wrote:
On January 31 2012 19:43 ReboundEU wrote:
On January 31 2012 19:39 Mauldo wrote:
The worst thing about this is that people are actually defending my country for denying two Brits entry because they said they would destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe's body in a tweet that was obviously a joke. Can I not make jokes on Twitter anymore? Do I really have to watch what jokes I make on social media out of fear of being rounded up by the FBI, Homeland Security, or denied travel by the TSA?



Well..yes..because aparently they (US) are so high-tech they got "bombed" by pajama wearing men using their own planes. So....they have been reduced to eliminating any risks ahead.....But rest assured...kids in their highschools still can enter with guns and shoot their colegues and stuff.... Standard


What the fuck are you on? Why are you turning this into something it's not, go vent in the proper thread.


It's exactly on topic. U turned into a paranoid country. U ban ppl for jokes without even investigating. Your "Freedom of Speach" is limited to what some want to hear? ) This news is just sad and ironic at the same time really.

If i were u, i wouldn't google the word "bomb". Someone might be knocking on your door after a few houres.


It wasn't on topic, you were just flaming the U.S. Yea, I did all of this stuff, choose your words better. I have little to fear, an incident like this against a citizen would raise some serious concerns. Foreigners are the ones who need to worry what they say if they want to come here.

edit: less hate.
"He catches him with his pants down, backs him off into a corner, and then it's over." - Khaldor
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