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"Looking forward to conflict" comment auto-logged, reference #391Z328. Report to the proper authorities within 24 hours for interrogation. You've been auto-adde

"Looking forward to conflict" comment auto-logged, reference #391Z328. Report to the proper authorities within 24 hours for interrogation. You've been auto-added to the no-fly list. That's likely what will happen from here, because only a small percentage of American voters care about this issue.

jebeng 13y ago
It's people have made these jokes online for as long as I can remember. It's sad that it's even remotely possible now that this might become a reality. And you wouldn't even know it.
- phryk 13y ago
  Oh, you mean a bit like this? "He found he was unable to print out a boarding pass […] when he approached ticket agents, they were blocked from producing a boarding pass for him without first calling a Secure Flight number at the Department of Homeland Security. […] ticket agents told him he was on a federal watchlist." http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/hacker-border-search/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/hacker-border-searc... If it's not automated now it will be in a few years.
  - heynk 13y ago
    Or a British individual who was detained and questioned for tweeting "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bryan-UK-tourists-arrested-destroy-America-Twitter-jokes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Buntin...
    - phryk 13y ago
      Or the US teen who has been incarcerated for posting stupid rap lyrics on facebook: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/ http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/ Don't mind the petition though, last I heard was that his family was getting him out of jail with him not being indicted for anything. The authorities seemed to get a good amount of public pressure.
temp453463343 13y ago
Lol. I think it's telling of how non-serious this whole issue is - when the absolute worst the government can do is make it harder for you to fly.
- nitrogen 13y ago
  The freedom to travel (and thus conduct business, politics, or pleasure in more than one place) is one of the essential freedoms of a just society.

jebeng 13y ago

It's people have made these jokes online for as long as I can remember. It's sad that it's even remotely possible now that this might become a reality. And you wouldn't even know it.

phryk 13y ago
Oh, you mean a bit like this? "He found he was unable to print out a boarding pass […] when he approached ticket agents, they were blocked from producing a boarding pass for him without first calling a Secure Flight number at the Department of Homeland Security. […] ticket agents told him he was on a federal watchlist." http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/hacker-border-search/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/hacker-border-searc... If it's not automated now it will be in a few years.
- heynk 13y ago
  Or a British individual who was detained and questioned for tweeting "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bryan-UK-tourists-arrested-destroy-America-Twitter-jokes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Buntin...
  - phryk 13y ago
    Or the US teen who has been incarcerated for posting stupid rap lyrics on facebook: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/ http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/teenager/ Don't mind the petition though, last I heard was that his family was getting him out of jail with him not being indicted for anything. The authorities seemed to get a good amount of public pressure.

temp453463343 13y ago

Lol. I think it's telling of how non-serious this whole issue is - when the absolute worst the government can do is make it harder for you to fly.

nitrogen 13y ago
The freedom to travel (and thus conduct business, politics, or pleasure in more than one place) is one of the essential freedoms of a just society.