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Thou shall not insult \"The One\"
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:05 am
by Nightshade
UK Teenager Banned From America For Life Over Obscene Obama Email
...\"The police came and took my picture and told me I was banned from America forever. I don't really care but my parents aren't very happy.\"...
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat ... ail-091310
I guess you can call Obama all sorts of things-
just don't do it in an e-mail.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:54 am
by Krom
He probably sent a death threat, otherwise this would have to be some kind of joke. I imagine insulting emails is the only thing that flies into the Whitehouse faster than 'donations' and there is no way they would make such a big deal over \"prick\".
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:15 am
by null0010
article wrote:Angel, of Bedford, in central England, said it was "a bit extreme" for the FBI to act. "The police came and took my picture and told me I was banned from America forever. I don't really care but my parents aren't very happy."
The story on a website says a kid said the local police said he is "banned from America forever."
Reliable source.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:36 am
by Will Robinson
Hmmm
Joanne Ferreira, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said there are about 60 reasons a person can be barred from visiting America.
and I believe there are 59 dem senators and 1 dem president...
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:49 am
by Isaac
HA! Math burn.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:38 pm
by Ferno
anyone else (besides null) catch the fact this came from the UK?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:09 pm
by AlphaDoG
Well let's see. As it was mentioned in the OP.
Quote:
UK Teenager Banned From America For Life Over Obscene Obama Email
...\"The police came and took my picture and told me I was banned from America forever. I don't really care but my parents aren't very happy.\"...
Nope. I must have missed it.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:10 pm
by Heretic
Ferno wrote:anyone else (besides null) catch the fact this came from the UK?
ThunderBunny wrote:
UK Teenager Banned From America For Life Over Obscene Obama Email
..."The police came and took my picture and told me I was banned from America forever. I don't really care but my parents aren't very happy."...
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat ... ail-091310
I guess you can call Obama all sorts of things-
just don't do it in an e-mail.
NO captain obvious no one caught that.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:22 pm
by Ferno
Heretic wrote:NO captain obvious no one caught that.
good. maybe you guys aren't completely clueless after all.
but the underlying message (that was missed) was: how is this Obama's fault when the UK has internet policies that are different than the united states.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:35 pm
by null0010
Best part: the kid claims he \"doesn't remember\" what was in the e-mail. It's in his damn sentbox, guys. Either he's not sharing it or he deliberately deleted it. This implies that the contents of his email were far worse than just calling Obama a \"prick,\" possibly even including threats or implied threats.
Until we see the email in question, this is really a nonissue.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:37 pm
by AlphaDoG
Null, I agree. Non-issue. Which, BTW is why I have withheld comment.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:43 pm
by null0010
AlphaDoG wrote:Null, I agree. Non-issue. Which, BTW is why I have withheld comment.
I prefer to
attempt to diffuse nonissues before they degenerate into masturbatory "the current administration is bad because __________" conversations over unimportant minutiae.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:50 pm
by woodchip
The kid is banned because if he ever moved here he would probably become a republican voter.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:19 pm
by AlphaDoG
woodchip wrote:The kid is banned because if he ever moved here he would probably become a republican voter.
Too True therefore it IS funney!
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:32 pm
by null0010
Who, exactly, is banning him? Nowhere in the story does it mention this, except in a quote from the kid. No direct statement from FBI or local police. Does America not want him here, or do the Brits not want him here?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:00 pm
by Spidey
How exactly could the Brits ban him from America?
Careful…that question could be a setup.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:00 pm
by Heretic
So do you think he is lying about it?
If so why did
Joanne Ferreira, of the US Department of Homeland Security, said there are about 60 reasons a person can be barred.
She added: \"We are prohibited from discussing specific cases.\"
Re:
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:37 pm
by null0010
Heretic wrote:So do you think he is lying about it?
If so why did
Joanne Ferreira, of the US Department of Homeland Security, said there are about 60 reasons a person can be barred.
She added: "We are prohibited from discussing specific cases."
Boilerplate response.
I think it's more likely that he's lying about the content of his email, or that he misunderstood what the local police said to him. He doesn't sound like the smartest person.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:07 pm
by AlphaDoG
Same could be said of the people that frequent this site.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:56 pm
by null0010
AlphaDoG wrote:Same could be said of the people that frequent this site.
Yep.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:55 pm
by Ferno
null0010 wrote:I prefer to
attempt to diffuse nonissues before they degenerate into masturbatory "the current administration is bad because __________" conversations over unimportant minutiae.
LOL, nice observation and well put.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:11 am
by woodchip
Ferno wrote:null0010 wrote:I prefer to
attempt to diffuse nonissues before they degenerate into masturbatory "the current administration is bad because __________" conversations over unimportant minutiae.
LOL, nice observation and well put.
Same could of been said about topics posted here when Bush was in office.