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DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes
itwbennett writes "In a classic case of 'we say destroy, you say party hard,' the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security detained a pair of British twenty-somethings for 12 hours and then sent them packing back to the land of the cheeky retort. At issue is a Tweet sent by Leigh Van Bryan about plans to 'destroy America,' starting with LA, which, really, isn't that bad an idea."
My grandfather died in Auschwitz.
He got drunk and fell out of his guard tower.
Trolling is a art,
27 Feb 1933 : Germany :: 11 Sep 2011 : USA
And Britain stupidly bans Americans too.
Chris Brown was banned from the UK because of the time he hit Rihanna even though it was likely in self-defense (she was allegedly hitting him while HE WAS DRIVING because she thought he was cheating).
He was threatened he'd get many years if convicted, none if he pled (common threat to get people to not fight for their right to a trial), and a felony doesn't exactly hurt a career as a music superstar (*) so he stupidly plead guilty instead of fighting it, and likely his lawyer didn't tell him all of what he'd lose.
He'll likely never be allowed into any other country again. "Grounded for life" in the US. Can't see the world now, or ever.
(*) Aside from never again being able to give concerts outside the US, that is.
Just because it CAN be done, doesn't mean it should!