UK Teen Banned From US Over Obscene Obama Email

British teenager Luke Angel has been banned from the US for sending an email to the White House calling President Obama an obscenity. The 17-year-old says he was drunk when he sent the mail and doesn't understand what the big deal is. "I don't remember exactly what I wrote as I was drunk. But I think I called Barack Obama a p***k. It was silly -- the sort of thing you do when you're a teenager and have had a few," he said. The FBI contacted local police who in turn confronted Luke and let him know that the US Department of Homeland Security didn't think his email was funny. "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," Angel said.

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That'll show him!

[elrous0]

We'll teach him that America doesn't tolerate someone speaking freely!

Re:Now that's just stupid.

[horatio]

I'm trying to figure out how "prick" is obscenity, so much so to get you banned from the United States? I don't think this is about the kid or the word. I think this is more about the kid is British. Whatever you think of them or us or Bush or whatever, there are plenty of examples of thinly veiled hostility from this administration toward our most important ally in the world.

Obama ISN'T his elected representative

[SmallFurryCreature]

I know this is hard to grasp for an American, but England is NOT a state of the United States of America. Not yet anyway. So Obama is NOT his president. And since he is 17, he hasn't yet voted for anybody either.

The US is not obliged to allow anyone in.

And I would think that the Brits have NOTHING to complain about since they have blocked Geert Wilders from entering because they didn't like what he had to say.

So the US can't keep out of a drunk teen, but the UK can keep out an elected citizen of an EU nation and a Nato ally?

Double standards, thou name is Britain.