Big Brother really is watching -- Irish tourist nabbed by US Government due to algorithm

By the way sirpeter Franklin who you quoted below was most certainly a 2nd Amendment supporter-right to bear arms.6000 dead each year! see the dilemma?

6000 people killed by firearms-what is the solution-scrap the Constitution?I think not.Franklin 's quote was appropriate for his time,not so sure now under some circumstances I have outlined and seen.Hell I ain't happy with an attorney general selling guns that end up killing Americans!Our times are so complex that I sometimes wonder if we make it to next week.Israelis may nuke Iran to protect themselves from a facist govt.that pledges extinction of Israel -Who is right here?I for one as a citizen will willfully surrender some rights for the protection of my family,but I am willing to draw the line.Question is where!

Murph46.No need for thanks,but you are welcome.I understand fully where you are coming from.We all want to catch the baddies.You know 6000 people are killed each year by fire arms in the US.Where is the security there? The trouble with the Patriot Act is it leaves innocent people open to abuse and maybe worse.America have produced some very intelligent people and if it's one thing I do is listen when an intelligent person speaks.Benjamin Franklin~~Quote"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both"Unquote.Benjamin Franklin was a clever guy and I maintain that his quote applies the same now and it did then.I'm just not sure if it's the right road Americans should be taking.Murph I only put people down who deserve it.It's not that bad here anyway.

sirpeter-Thanks for the response,as far as spying upon people,I too was a little upset until that spying tripped up bombers in several states,the car bomb in times square and several more.At this point you would retort that I have bought the kool aid.I in turn would say other than the English coming to Ireland,you have never suffered an assault the likes of 911.I have served in the military and know that there are people out there to kill us-remember the beheading of Daniel Pearl? In an environment such as this,it may call for more stringent security.Am I happy about it? Hell No,but there are times when boarding a plane I am thankful that such steps were necessary.Would that we could go back to much friendlier times!That is why the animus on these pages bother me so.I want to remember the charming ,hospitable Ireland that I introduced my family to not the bitter backbiting that I see here.I am NOT a pacifast,nor am I a believer in utopia.But I damn sure believe that friends shouldn't be cutting friends.I have no problem with nationalism ,all should be proud of their country,but that isn't a license to put down others.I hope I have explained my thoughts in a clear manner!

George, stop getting so paranoid. This site is so bloody slow anyway. You could post a response but if you dont press the 'comment' button for long enough the comment wont actually post!

Murph46.Well it seems to me the USA is going to far.I have great respect for the American people.But I understand the ordinary people don't always have control over government policy.That means every government.I don't like the idea of innocent people been spied upon.I'm an Irish nationalist and if I want to say I want to destroy England or Ireland or anywhere on the internet I should be able to say it without been punished like that innocent couple.That kind of treatment can cause a fragile person to have a heart attack or cause a schizophrenic to self harm after been released.When an old drunk says on the street I'm going to kill ya.You might watch him but you don't beat the crap out of him or take him serious.I'm just disappointed this is happening in America because you can be sure it could happen in Ireland too.No hatred!!No animosity.I don't trust any government.Governments order people to do bad sh*t.But I like the people of every country.There is a difference.Anyway better to pontificate than to be Georgie Boy who just defecates.Btw It's not that bad here.lol Most people see the sense in what I posted.OK!! I take back the silicon chip in the brain comment.That's not a fact~~~~~~~Yet.

There is a nasty personal attack on me below, from a poster styling himself/herself new nation. That's of no consequence to me or to anyone else. But why did Irish Central censor and remove my riposte to this goon, while permitting his ugly and insulting tirade to remain? As those who read my posts will know, there was of course nothing obscene or indecent in my reply to this clown, yet Irish Central censors me, while allowing an abusive fool to post unchallenged. What's going on, O'Dowd, have the lunatics taken over the asylum? If I do not receive an explanation I will have no alternative but to quit posting here. The Oirish Immigration fanatics would love that, of course, but I am not prepared to waste my time writing posts here if they can be removed at some faceless intern's whim.

It doesn't surprise me at all, This government would like to see all our freedoms removed.

sirpeter I'm so glad you know what the US wants,lets shut all the other posters out and listen to you pontificate.What the heck is with all the hatred and animosity on this site? I joined cause it was about my beloved Ireland and now every other post is full of spite and hate-What's wrong with you people?

joycean.We get the same kind of warnings about entering China and North Korea.It's all about "security" there too.George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was meant to be fiction.Not reality.We know it's legal.But what those agents did stinks.It was the internet not a US airport.Thanks for the warning though.That Silicon Chip they will put in your brain will be very handy too.The US don't want any thought crime.

Thank the loathsome idiots that attacked us in the first place. We were all innocents up until then.

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You've got to be kdding me

Georgie B

Those of you who are not Americans should see this as a warning of what may happen if you board a plane for this country. It may not be worth it to you. Don't assume this is "illegal" even if does sound like something you would not want to go through. There are signs in every airport with flights to America that say "No jokes," and "No threats" in every airport with flights to America. If you want information about TSA rules, they are online.