Teen Banned From US For Barracking Obama

Bennie-Mac · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:03

Why did he send a message to Obama over 9/11? He was nothing to do with it. Have i missed something?

oli356 · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:03

Wonder if they look at all incoming mail lol.. Surely he has no time to read them anyway

Aeleys · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:05

oli356 said:
Wonder if they look at all incoming mail lol.. Surely he has no time to read them anyway

they have to look at ALL incomming comms...

Azza · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:11

oli356 said:
Wonder if they look at all incoming mail lol.. Surely he has no time to read them anyway

*insert facepalm*

cm1179 · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:11

saw this on the news and couldn't believe it. it would appear then that they read every email, no filter or anything? yikes. maybe they don't get that many emails?! bit of an over the top reaction imo, making themselves look even more immature than the chap who sent the email; ''you called me a name, now you can't come into my country''. please.

MumboJumbo · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:13

Email barrack obama this link to the thread. Let him see what a perfetic child he evidently is to have allowed that to go through. I presume you can't get banned for that.

Gzero · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:24

8igdave said:
Email barrack obama this link to the thread. Let him see what a perfetic child he evidently is to have allowed that to go through. I presume you can't get banned for that.

I'd fix that first before linking Obama to this thread

We don't know the exact content of the email, but the kid doesn't seem bothered so maybe he used some pretty flowery language?

Vonhelmet · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:24

The article said:
he fired off a single email criticising the US Government after seeing a TV programme about 9/11.

Why, I'm certain that was a totally balanced e-mail.

Perhaps it was magick.

Vonhelmet · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:26

cm1179 said:
saw this on the news and couldn't believe it. it would appear then that they read every email, no filter or anything?yikes. maybe they don't get that many emails?!

I'm sure they spam filter, but why would this e-mail have read like spam? Most spam doesn't call you a *****.

cm1179 said:
bit of an over the top reaction imo, making themselves look even more immature than the chap who sent the email; ''you called me a name, now you can't come into my country''. please.

Given that the e-mail was described as threatening, there's clearly more to it than just calling him a *****.

G-MAN2004 · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:29

Locky said:
No loss being banned from the USA tbh

Have you ever been?

As for him being banned, pretty pathetic really. They must get a ton of **** sent to those emails, so why pick this one guy out?

Vonhelmet · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:31

G-MAN2004 said:
As for him being banned, pretty pathetic really. They must get a ton of **** sent to those emails, so why pick this one guy out?

Without knowing the full content of the e-mail, there's no way we can know.

oli356 · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:31

G-MAN2004 said:
Have you ever been?

As for him being banned, pretty pathetic really. They must get a ton of **** sent to those emails, so why pick this one guy out?

Maybe the rest aren't threatening..?

Lightnix · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:33

So, do you think if I were to praise him enough in an email he'd give me a citizenship?

Energize · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:39

vonhelmet said:
So at what level do we decriminalise things so that the police can get on with "real work"?

If sending abusive e-mails to the President of the USA is not a worthy use of their time, but rape and murder are, then where is the dividing line?

When an actual crime has been committed perhaps?

daz · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:40

Isn't freedom of speech protected under the constitution?

Vonhelmet · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:41

Energize said:
When an actual crime has been committed perhaps?

Presumably the international relations (extradition treaty?) allow the police to investigate the alleged threat?

Vonhelmet · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:41

daz said:
Isn't freedom of speech protected under the constitution?

Yes and no. Free speech tends to stop when you start making threats, inciting hatred, etc.

Energize · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:47

vonhelmet said:
Presumably the international relations (extradition treaty?) allow the police to investigate the alleged threat?

Regardless of whether they are allowed to do it, we should have officers preventing actual harm on the street rather than acting on every insulting email sent to the government which offends the presidents fanboys. If it was Bin Laden who sent the email then the police force may have valid cause for concern.

AdladUK · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:50

Just for the record, if anyone from the US is reading this, I LOVE your country, it's the best damn country in the whole wide World!

(please give me citizenship so I can get off this godforsaken island)

Vonhelmet · 13 Sep 2010 at 23:52

Energize said:
Regardless of whether they are allowed to do it, we should have officers preventing actual harm on the street rather than acting on every insulting email sent to the government which offends the presidents fanboys. If it was Bin Laden who sent the email then the police force may have valid cause for concern.

And again I'll say... without knowing the actual content of the e-mail, it's impossible to say for sure. However, whoever permitted the investigation or whatever in the UK thought that police action was proportionate, which has to count for something, surely.