UK teen banned from US for life over Obama email

[DarrinS]

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/uk-teenager-banned-from-america-for-life-over-obscene-obama-email-091310




A British teenager who sent an email to the White House calling President Obama an obscenity was banned from America for life, The Sun reported Monday.

The FBI asked local cops to tell college student Luke Angel, 17, his drunken insult was "unacceptable."

Angel said he fired off a single email criticizing the U.S. government after seeing a TV program about the 9/11 attacks.

He said, "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."

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."

A Bedford Police spokesman confirmed they had spoken to Angel about the email. Officers will take no criminal action.

Joanne Ferreira, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said there are about 60 reasons a person can be barred from visiting America.

She said, "We are prohibited from discussing specific cases."

[clambake]

are you sure he's not from texas?

[coyotes_geek]

Uh, okay.

[Winehole23]

Is there some reason we should care about this, Darrin? Why did you post it?

[4>0rings]

CC told on him and had Kori ban him from the US.

[Blake]

He said, "I don't remember exactly what I wrote as I was drunk.

Thanks for playing.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I assume he sent the email from a computer in England.

[DMX7]

I bet this kid has calf tatts.

[TeyshaBlue]

:lol
I bet this kid has calf tatts.

[DarrinS]

I bet this kid has calf tatts.


huh?

[boutons_deux]

"why do they hate us?"

[balli]

huh?

Of course...

DarrinS, ladies and gents, he'll be here all week.

[Kermit]

Hey Ducks, Roy Oswalt.

:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

You stupid fuck.

[hater]

how is that a punishment??

a real punishment: make the kid visit Detroit, Atlanta and Cleveland

[Cry Havoc]

huh?

Why are you even on SpursTalk? You (obviously) never even post outside of the political forum. Why join a sports site to debate politics ad nauseam?

[George Gervin's Afro]

was this guy a tea pottier?

[DMX7]

Typical Republican, they don't like to leave their little "safety zone".

[ChumpDumper]

Why are you even on SpursTalk? You (obviously) never even post outside of the political forum. Why join a sports site to debate politics ad nauseam?Debate? :lol

[DMX7]

Debate? :lol

lol, good point. More like get rolled.

[Wild Cobra]

That's a fucked up reason to ban someone from traveling here.

Fucking White House pussies.

[ChumpDumper]

You don't even know what he wrote.

And lol if you think the White House ordered that.

[Winehole23]

@WC:

If you sent the Queen of England an email calling her a b!tch, the result might be much the same.

You must be very butthurt to find this so gripeworthy, but I thank you for giving us such a good hint as to why DarrinS posted it in the first place. :tu

[TeyshaBlue]

Of course...

DarrinS, ladies and gents, he'll be here all week.

What...no rimshot?:lol

[Wild Cobra]

@WC:

If you sent the Queen of England an email calling her a b!tch, the result might be much the same.

You must be very butthurt to find this so gripeworthy, but I thank you for giving us such a good hint as to why DarrinS posted it in the first place. :tu
Does England have the same freedom of speech that we do? Now if he threatened the president, that would be different. He said what's on his mind. If we ever got to thought crimes, how many people would be banned?

For the leader of the free world, this is absolutely unforgivable.

[The Reckoning]

he called him a prick?

how is that an obscenity?

[Blake]

You don't even know what he wrote.


The kid says he deosn't even know what he wrote...

I guess his "sent" box got deleted somehow.

[ChumpDumper]

Does England have the same freedom of speech that we do? Now if he threatened the president, that would be different. He said what's on his mind. If we ever got to thought crimes, how many people would be banned?

For the leader of the free world, this is absolutely unforgivable.Do you have a quote of what he said?

Please post it now.

[Blake]

For the leader of the free world, this is absolutely unforgivable.

Do you really think the FBI would care about an email calling the President a prick?

I would think the President gets a ton of those type of emails on a daily basis.

I'm going to wager there was more to the email than that.

[BlackSwordsMan]

America asserting itself in another country. Nothing to see here.

[TeyshaBlue]

Do you really think the FBI would care about an email calling the President a prick?

I would think the President gets a ton of those type of emails on a daily basis.

I'm going to wager there was more to the email than that.

The wager is a safe bet...but I remain extremely skeptical of Homeland Security's ability to assess a threat. Forget the FBI, it's HSA that ought to ring yer bell.

[jack sommerset]

White House needs to be more tolerant.

[LnGrrrR]

Conservative thought process:

Locking up suspected terrorists for years with no access to the legal system, while torturing them = A-OK, saving the free world

Banning a kid from going to the US because he sent a letter profaning our President = Completely unconstitutional, something only a commie would do

[hater]

Conservative thought process:

Locking up suspected terrorists for years with no access to the legal system, while torturing them = A-OK, saving the free world

Banning a kid from going to the US because he sent a letter profaning our President = Completely unconstitutional, something only a commie would do

had this happened during Bush years, they would be demanding the kid be taken to Guantanamo Bay for waterboarding sessions

[DarrinS]

had this happened during Bush years, they would be demanding the kid be taken to Guantanamo Bay for waterboarding sessions

Good thing Obama shut it down, right?

[RoddyBukkake]

Does England have the same freedom of speech that we do? Now if he threatened the president, that would be different. He said what's on his mind. If we ever got to thought crimes, how many people would be banned?

For the leader of the free world, this is absolutely unforgivable.

they don't, I know if you deny the Holohoax over there you go to jail

[Wild Cobra]

they don't, I know if you deny the Holohoax over there you go to jail
My question was rhetorical. I know that they don't have the same freedoms. I am simply amazed this administration actually punished someone for speech. I already thew they have no regard for us little people's rights, but talk about not being politically correct. They usually do things like this shrouded in secrecy.

[SnakeBoy]

Is there some reason we should care about this, Darrin? Why did you post it?

Isn't it obvious? If he was mexican not only would he not be banned, he would be offered citizenship.

[clambake]

Isn't it obvious? If he was mexican not only would he not be banned, he would be offered citizenship.

how do you know he's not a mexican?

his name is angel.

[jack sommerset]

how do you know he's not a mexican?

his name is angel.

Only Mexicans can be angels. That's fucking racist!!

[DMX7]

Only Mexicans can be angels. That's fucking racist!!

Clambake only implied he COULD be Mexican. You're the one who said, "Only Mexicans can be angels"... You Racist.

[jack sommerset]

Clambake only implied he COULD be Mexican. You're the one who said, "Only Mexicans can be angels"... You Racist.

You dirty son of a bitch. They are coming for you!

[ElNono]

My question was rhetorical. I know that they don't have the same freedoms. I am simply amazed this administration actually punished someone for speech. I already thew they have no regard for us little people's rights, but talk about not being politically correct. They usually do things like this shrouded in secrecy.

So the problem is that this received publicity?

Maybe they should have they kidnapped the kid, sent him to some secret prison in Morocco, tortured him, then released him back in the UK in complete secrecy to make this whole thing A-OK... :rolleyes

[Stringer_Bell]

Does England have the same freedom of speech that we do? Now if he threatened the president, that would be different. He said what's on his mind. If we ever got to thought crimes, how many people would be banned?

For the leader of the free world, this is absolutely unforgivable.

Do you realize you're playing into the stereotype that other posters shit on you for? You rush to judgement about Obama over this without having a transcript of the email or knowledge of who actually ordered this.

Were you equally as outraged at the Northern Alliance rounding up Arab men and selling them to the US as "military combatants?" Cuz that's some real unforgivable shit, but I doubt Bush had a hand in that - not sure he was smart enough to be that devious.

[Cry Havoc]

My question was rhetorical. I know that they don't have the same freedoms. I am simply amazed this administration actually punished someone for speech. I already thew they have no regard for us little people's rights, but talk about not being politically correct. They usually do things like this shrouded in secrecy.

So even though you don't know what he said, you think it's okay that he said it?

[Oh, Gee!!]

My question was rhetorical. I know that they don't have the same freedoms. I am simply amazed this administration actually punished someone for speech. I already thew they have no regard for us little people's rights, but talk about not being politically correct. They usually do things like this shrouded in secrecy.

this kid was not residing in the US, nor is he a citizen of the US, so his speech is not protected by our constitution. Furthermore, his only "punishment" was a "not welcome on US soil" stamp on the old UK passport.

[Wild Cobra]

So even though you don't know what he said, you think it's okay that he said it?
Isn't it pretty obvious he said "prick" or an english slang that is "pr**k?"

Various articles had just "p****" or "pr***" or "p***k."

Tell me. What could he have said?

[Wild Cobra]

this kid was not residing in the US, nor is he a citizen of the US, so his speech is not protected by our constitution. Furthermore, his only "punishment" was a "not welcome on US soil" stamp on the old UK passport.
I still find it very offensive that our nation would do that to somone.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I still find it very offensive that our nation would do that to somone.

tell a non-resident, non-citizen that they're not allowed to enter? maybe if he was brown, you'd feel okay about it? j/k, I couldn't resist.

[Blake]

Isn't it pretty obvious he said "prick" or an english slang that is "pr**k?"

Various articles had just "p****" or "pr***" or "p***k."

Tell me. What could he have said?

He doesnt even remember what he said.

RIF

[Wild Cobra]

He doesnt even remember what he said.

RIF
But others do know. I assume the media outlets do know his specific language.

[clambake]

poor guy. he probably feels like he's being stalked. tell us how he feels, wc.

[Wild Cobra]

poor guy. he probably feels like he's being stalked. tell us how he feels, wc.
Yes, it's very disturbing how you stalk me.

[LnGrrrR]

WC, there is a chance that he said things in the email that were nationally sensitive. (Or at least, given Obama's propensity to hide stuff, he could've claimed the contents were nationally sensitive.) It's not like the kid is going to tell the media that he threatened the President.

[jack sommerset]

It's a national security matter. The White House cannot tell us what the child wrote.

[George Gervin's Afro]

It's a national security matter. The White House cannot tell us what the child wrote.

he's 17 dumbass.. old enough to be charged as an adult..

[Blake]

But others do know. I assume the media outlets do know his specific language.

Poor assumption.

[jack sommerset]

he's 17 dumbass.. old enough to be charged as an adult..

For writting a note...bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha

[Oh, Gee!!]

when palin is president she can rescind whatever order is in place.

[Blake]

It's a national security matter. The White House cannot tell us what the child wrote.

Nor can Homeland Security

[George Gervin's Afro]

For writting a note...bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha

so he's not a child.. as you just claimed..

[Wild Cobra]

It's a national security matter. The White House cannot tell us what the child wrote.
Did he disclose weather the president wore boxers or briefs by chance?

[jack sommerset]

so he's not a child.. as you just claimed..

bwhahahahahahahahhahahaha

You said he could be tried as an adult admitting he is a child.

[ChumpDumper]

But others do know. I assume the media outlets do know his specific language.Wrong.