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2 Feb 2012
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Be carefull what you tweet (post)
Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.
Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours after landing in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.
The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: 'Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?'
Read more: Emily Bunting and Leigh Van Bryan: UK tourists arrested over 'destroy America' Twitter jokes | Mail Online
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2 Feb 2012
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Such is the reward for being incredibly stupid .:confused1:
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I think this is just another example of America's failure to understand other cultures. The tweets did not mean literally blowing up America, etc. They meant they were going to have a good enjoyable, wild time on holiday in America.
Even the lingo is quite different between Ireland and the UK and indeed between different parts of the UK itself. America seems to fail to understand that life exists outside their own narrow country boundaries.
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Yet another example of America being so up itself. I seem to remeber americans contibuted a lot in the past to a charity called NorAid but that was OK.
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My point is watch what you post.
It's not just the USA if you post " one time I got arrested for --"
you will not get into the USA or Canada.
Also if you post that you are going "work" to pay your way through the USA and Canada you may not get in.
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