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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44327 Posts
On February 01 2012 06:21 Blist wrote: once again proving that america is an insecure whining bitch. but we already knew that. ...What? How is America whining? How is America being a bitch? Is this even a remotely appropriate response? It's rather tactless. | ||
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SniperVul5
Canada166 Posts
On February 01 2012 03:34 r.Evo wrote: Actually I used my brain and the power of statistics. Please use google the next time before you try to denounce someone who worked with psychologists who deal with this type of stuff on a daily basis the next time. Thank you very much. Lol r.Evo dont take solheim seriously... I stopped after this... http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=201110 | ||
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RogerX
New Zealand3180 Posts
On February 01 2012 06:29 SniperVul5 wrote: Lol r.Evo dont take solheim seriously... I stopped after this... http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=201110 Oh man, what a blog. Thanks for linking; going to read this right now for the fun of it. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On February 01 2012 06:13 hypercube wrote: I've seen some statistics on how tourism declined all over the world after 9/11. But the industry recovered worldwide and now twice as many people spend their holidays abroad than in 2000. But in the US the increase was only about 10%. Fact is for most of us travelling to the US isn't unavoidable. It would be very nice but probably not worth the hassle, when there are so many interesting alternatives. Tourism in America has grown by far more than 10%. Perhaps you are misinterpreting statistics, because like you said, thanks the hassle of international travel to the US many enter Canada or Mexico first. | ||
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Mordanis
United States893 Posts
In another, Jesse Firestone, 65, shows a .357 magnum rifle he planned to use and the hole in the front door of the home he was going to fire through. He even mentions some sheriff deputies by name, saying "it's nothing personal. Anyway — adios." Here is the link | ||
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RabidAnubis
United States18 Posts
Taking their passport? WHAT? | ||
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Sprungjeezy
United States1313 Posts
On January 31 2012 19:31 29 fps wrote: those british tourists will return to the UK unhappy, and then all their friends will know about how terrible the experience was. as a result, there will be fewer tourists from the UK，meaning there'll be less revenue... besides money, america's reputation will be negatively affected as well. /facepalm If people actually want to visit the US, they will visit the US, except if they hear this story they won't? More like, if they hear this story they will be even more cautious when traveling because the US gives no fucks and will use any excuse to send you out or to arrest you. Getting the chance to visit a place you've never been isn't like buying food. If you heard some company does something terrible you can choose to not use their products, but if you want to visit a country, there's literally no where you can go to get the same experience lmao. But on topic, I'm surprised people are surprised. I guess living in the US I know and understand how serious airports take security and I'm fine with it. God forbid I have to go a whole day without saying the word "bomb." And seriously "I'm going to destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe" - who the fuck says that? I can't really comprehend how "destroy" being the equivalent to "party" would even make sense, "I'm going to party America" ? "I'm going to get destroyed in America" would be alright, but nope it was "I'm going to destroy America" ... /facepalm | ||
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Demicore
France503 Posts
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
On February 01 2012 06:44 Sprungjeezy wrote: /facepalm If people actually want to visit the US, they will visit the US, except if they hear this story they won't? More like, if they hear this story they will be even more cautious when traveling because the US gives no fucks and will use any excuse to send you out or to arrest you. Getting the chance to visit a place you've never been isn't like buying food. If you heard some company does something terrible you can choose to not use their products, but if you want to visit a country, there's literally no where you can go to get the same experience lmao. But on topic, I'm surprised people are surprised. I guess living in the US I know and understand how serious airports take security and I'm fine with it. God forbid I have to go a whole day without saying the word "bomb." And seriously "I'm going to destroy America and dig up Marilyn Monroe" - who the fuck says that? I can't really comprehend how "destroy" being the equivalent to "party" would even make sense, "I'm going to party America" ? "I'm going to get destroyed in America" would be alright, but nope it was "I'm going to destroy America" ... /facepalm You would be surprised how many stupid things mean "I am going to get wasted" in the UK. Honestly if they where so desperate to party, they wouldn't go all the way to the US, they could go to their local bar or Amsterdam or Majorca, where most other British tourists go want to party so much. I guess they wanted to see where stars lived, such as Marilyn Munroe, so much to say "I want to dig her up". I have literally zero sympathy for these tourists. Everything they tweeted was downright brainless. | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
On February 01 2012 06:49 Demicore wrote: Holy crap that sucks for the tourists but I would actually be quite pleased to know that the people in charge of security in my country took their job that seriously. T'would be oddly reassuring. It's reassuring that the TSA can't properly identify a threat? It's one thing to stop them and do a search for due diligence then let them go on their way; it's another to do the same and then come to the insane conclusion that these people are actually legitimate threats. | ||
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SeaSwift
Scotland4486 Posts
I don't know what all this 23 pages of discussion is about - clearly it's all very funny and somewhat stupid from both sides. Those were some fairly silly tweets, but HAHAHHAHAHA American security... | ||
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zanga
659 Posts
On February 01 2012 05:25 Ryndika wrote: Didn't day9 tell a story where he was meeting with player 'X' who yell'd something about 'WHERED YOU HIDE THE BOMB'? =D Oh god, D9 could've been in trouble I guess if it was overheard. Haha yes. It was none other than WhiteRa. I do however not remember in which city or airport  | ||
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forsooth
United States3648 Posts
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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bOneSeven
Romania685 Posts
 ), but again some of them are dumb and a very very small percent of them are with ill intent. So it's not their fault, it's the people who make the laws fault, and the people who won't say ( american ) : jeesus, you just passed 30k bills last year ? wtf ? what do we need this for ? Why do we need to be so strict in security ? Isn't this a slippery slope ?And for the patriots I say, chill out, stop defending your country in this manner. You easily flame back after someone says anything bad about America ( I would never travel to america simply because the way to get a passport for it is downright humiliating and dumb ). You are turning by the day in a rather paranoid country with way to much security. Perhaps the british couple wasn't very smart, but to support the airport guys decision to throw them out is rather bad. Again, comic language "bomb" "destroy" "killed" . It's easy to understand. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
On February 01 2012 07:26 bOneSeven wrote: sad to see that this thread turned out to be about bashing America ( from most non-americans ) and patriotism ( what a horrible concept, from americans ). People shouldn't generalize, and it's not the TSA's responsibility to act in a rational way, they have protocol they need to follow ( a rather horrible one ), at the end of the way, if they don't respect it, they wont have money for basic living needs. There are tons of cool TSA people as i've heard ( one guy was found with weed in his bag, but it was left there + the TSA guys left a note with "get your shit together son!", made me laugh and smile a bit ), but again some of them are dumb and a very very small percent of them are with ill intent. So it's not their fault, it's the people who make the laws fault, and the people who won't say ( american ) : jeesus, you just passed 30k bills last year ? wtf ? what do we need this for ? Why do we need to be so strict in security ? Isn't this a slippery slope ?And for the patriots I say, chill out, stop defending your country in this manner. You easily flame back after someone says anything bad about America ( I would never travel to america simply because the way to get a passport for it is downright humiliating and dumb ). You are turning by the day in a rather paranoid country with way to much security. Perhaps the british couple wasn't very smart, but to support the airport guys decision to throw them out is rather bad. Again, comic language "bomb" "destroy" "killed" . It's easy to understand. how much security is appropriate is subjective though. i, for one, don't really bother the security at U.S. airports, and dont mind all the extra precautions. sure, a lot of the security measures are just bat shit insane, but whatever... i would rather they go two steps too far to protect security than one step less than necessary. i do agree with you that americans shouldn't just rely on blind patriotism. as my post above states, i think the TSA overreacted in this situation; they should have questioned and determined an actual threat before sending them back to the UK. oh, and I am american, fyi. | ||
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
It's no different blabbing about bullshit when you're taking green card, visa interviews. You would just get denied, it doesn't matter if it was a joke, and it was the same before 911 happened. This is indeed a sensational news, because everyday, there is hundred more cases where people denied entry to a country where a reason is lamer than this. | ||
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emc
United States3088 Posts
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. I wouldn't be laughing. I'd be scared shit-less I'd be thrown into some prison like Guantanamo Bay. yeah? and what if there was an actual attack and during that they were instead detaining innocent tourists? It goes both ways, you can't target innocent people who like to talk shit and ignore the people who don't say anything with an actual intention to attack. This wouldn't just happen in america either, I'm pretty sure there are other countries out there that would deny you access into their country for something stupid you've done. | ||
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forgottendreams
United States1771 Posts
On February 01 2012 07:26 bOneSeven wrote: sad to see that this thread turned out to be about bashing America ( from most non-americans ) and patriotism ( what a horrible concept, from americans ). People shouldn't generalize, and it's not the TSA's responsibility to act in a rational way, they have protocol they need to follow ( a rather horrible one ), at the end of the way, if they don't respect it, they wont have money for basic living needs. There are tons of cool TSA people as i've heard ( one guy was found with weed in his bag, but it was left there + the TSA guys left a note with "get your shit together son!", made me laugh and smile a bit ), but again some of them are dumb and a very very small percent of them are with ill intent. So it's not their fault, it's the people who make the laws fault, and the people who won't say ( american ) : jeesus, you just passed 30k bills last year ? wtf ? what do we need this for ? Why do we need to be so strict in security ? Isn't this a slippery slope ?And for the patriots I say, chill out, stop defending your country in this manner. You easily flame back after someone says anything bad about America ( I would never travel to america simply because the way to get a passport for it is downright humiliating and dumb ). You are turning by the day in a rather paranoid country with way to much security. Perhaps the british couple wasn't very smart, but to support the airport guys decision to throw them out is rather bad. Again, comic language "bomb" "destroy" "killed" . It's easy to understand. "Sad to see" lol. This is how all these threads turnout, it should be expected by now. Only the rare poster goes somewhere in-between in this process, the way you phrased your post was decidedly on one side. Also "why do we need to be so strict?" (this in reference to everyone else in the thread asking). I don't know, it could be besides 9/11 we had the shoebomber plot, the NYC bomber plot, the NYC subway plot, the Minnesota Somalia terrorist plot, the Fort Hood plot that actually went through, Jared Loughner ect.... | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
On February 01 2012 07:37 emc wrote: yeah? and what if there was an actual attack and during that they were instead detaining innocent tourists? It goes both ways, you can't target innocent people who like to talk shit and ignore the people who don't say anything with an actual intention to attack. This wouldn't just happen in america either, I'm pretty sure there are other countries out there that would deny you access into their country for something stupid you've done. they have more than one TSA agent. they will detain all people they consider threats, and they would certainly detain any known terrorists coming into the country that they are aware of. | ||
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