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Another fool-proof weapon in the war against terrorism.

‘Millions of Britons who visit the United States are to have their fingerprints stored on the FBI database alongside those of criminals, in a move that has outraged civil rights groups.’

‘Under new plans to combat terrorism, the US government will demand that visitors have all 10 fingers scanned when they enter the country. The information will be shared with intelligence agencies, including the FBI, with no restrictions on their international use.’

Linky (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1984496,00.html)

Fantastic. That’ll stop us dastardly British terrorists.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I am one already, so this doesn't really affect me.

I'll probably just go to Canada instead, then.

EDIT:
Er, not to terrorise folks. Just wanted to clear that one up.

I'm going to get me some fake latex fingerprints, just to screw with their system. Not like I'm gonna get caught, cos 11/15 the biometric systems failed to detect fakes!

Yeah, I’m pretty sure I am one already, so this doesn’t really affect me.
Ooh, you rebel, you! :p

*swoons*

Ooh, you rebel, you! :p

*swoons*
*does some rebellious dancing on the US flag*

Oh the joys of it all.

*does some rebellious dancing on the US flag*

Oh the joys of it all.

Hey! Watch out! That's probably illegal!

Hey! Watch out! That's probably illegal!

He doesn't care! That's how COOL he is!!!!!11!!!:eek:

So Britain is the hub of the world terror? (thought oddly explains what are SAS was doing in prison)

*watches American tourism crumble even more*

We are all already terrorism supects. The FBI is monitoring NSG. As are various other TLAs.

So Britain is the hub of the world terror?
More of the receptionist...

(thought oddly explains what are SAS was doing in prison)
What’s this?

Fair enough, I won't bother going to the US then.

Canada's nicer anyway.

They already do take fingerprints at Yankee Customs. Now they'll take more, and maybe keep them for longer.
So I still won't go, but that's fine as now I don't have a reason to want to. Bully for them :rolleyes:

I'm not even known to be affiliated with any terrorist group.
Bastards never return my calls.

So Britain is the hub of the world terror

According to the Executive Branch, the Democratic Party is the hub of world terror. Ted Kennedy was actually on a no-fly list, along with several other members of congress.

*does some rebellious dancing on the US flag*

The scary thing is, a small town in Nevada actually outlawed flying foreign flags (http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/11/20/navarrette.flag/index.html) without flying a US flag above them. The person who proposed the ban said that Mexican protesters were annoying him by waving foreign flags, so they banned them. That guy annoys me. We should ban him too.

Lol.

In a few years you will have to jerk off in a tube and give it to customs so they have a sample of your dna.

More of the receptionist...

so that’s why I keep getting strange calls from a man called blue crescent, I just thought he wanted me :(

What’s this?

surely you remember the whole fiasco where SAS troops attacked Iraq police disguised as insurgents?

Canada's nicer anyway.

pfft France is better >.>

We are all already terrorism supects. The FBI is monitoring NSG. As are various other TLAs.

I wonder who they could be…isn’t that right...Moulder :p

Lol.

In a few years you will have to jerk off in a tube and give it to customs so they have a sample of your dna.

Yes, but it will actually be a trap, because masturbating makes you a terrorist, so then they'll have an excuse to arrest you.

So Britain is the hub of the world terror?

Maybe not, but it is home to the largest expat community of hub of world terror.

Considering the percentage of "Britons" who are transplants from a hostile alien culture, it would be imprudent for us not to do so.

If people don't want to comply, they can feel free to stay out of our country. And if other countries want to reciprocate, have at it.

Considering the percentage of "Britons" who are transplants from a hostile alien culture, it would be imprudent for us not to do so.

If people don't want to comply, they can feel free to stay out of our country. And if other countries want to reciprocate, have at it.
I'll assume you're talking about the scary evil Muslims of death... 2.7%?

Considering the percentage of “Britons” who are transplants from a hostile alien culture, it would be imprudent for us not to do so.
Ahhhh teh alienz!!!!!! 3bul alienzzzzzz!!!!1111oneterror. Stop em with teh scannerzz!!!!!oneoneexclamation

How exactly would recording fingerprints help you in any way?

*adds to the list of "Reasons I don't want to go to the USA"*

I really don't want to have to go through the bullshit that you get put through trying to get into the US, but I might have to if I want to visit my sister unfortunately.

Ahhhh teh alienz!!!!!! 3bul alienzzzzzz!!!!1111oneterror. Stop em with teh scannerzz!!!!!oneoneexclamation

How exactly would recording fingerprints help you in any way?

If they manage to find the fingers of any suicide bombers then they'll be able to tell who they were.

And that's about it.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I am one already, so this doesn't really affect me.

lol, I feel the same way.

That sucks...how the fark am I supposed to visit my family after I leave the US...

That sucks...how the fark am I supposed to visit my family after I leave the US...

Well they are not stopping anybody from visiting...they are only taking fingerprints...

This move is not very surprising or shocking to me...Britain does have a huge number of pak expats visiting Pak...400,000 last year according to this (http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/12/exclusive_al_qa.html) (..travel between England and Pakistan is substantial. Four hundred thousand British citizens and residents traveled to Pakistan last year...)and

this (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/world/europe/26crevice.html?ex=1168405200&en=2ffcd0a378be0502&ei=5070)(...Young British Muslims underwent military training at guerrilla camps in remote parts of Pakistan. ...On trial are seven men, ages 19 to 34, six of them with family roots in Pakistan....The evidence presented shows that the radicalization of the defendants began years ago, raising questions about how well the British security services monitored militants in their midst before last year’s transit bombings. The authorities continue to investigate any links between the Crevice defendants and the 2005 bombers, one of whom, the government says, had visited a training camp in Pakistan before the attack.

Investigators closely watch traffic between Britain and Pakistan. But that is a significant challenge with nearly 400,000 visits by residents of Britain to Pakistan in 2004, of an average length of 41 days. And it is even more difficult to determine which, if any, of those visitors are militants following the dangerous route of traveling to Pakistan for indoctrination and training....)

The US has even stopped Pak international airlines from having direct flights to US...to prevent terrorists using that route.

http://www.irna.com/en/news/view/line-20/0608122262135242.htm
Direct flights from Pakistan to the US are still not allowed as the US has reservations about security arrangements at Pakistani airports, Parliamentary Secretary Syed Tanveer Hussain told the National Assembly during a question hour on Friday.


But the US cannot stop Brit-Paks (and of course other such immigrants from islamist background...Richard Reid the shoe bomber for ex) having Brit passports slipping through...but they can't check non-white Brits unless they want to be accused of profiling so I guess they went in for this..

Hey! Watch out! That's probably illegal!
So's Gitmo!

*dances more, causing mass swooning*

Considering the percentage of "Britons" who are transplants from a hostile alien culture, it would be imprudent for us not to do so.

Ah yes, we must Defend Our Culture Against The Evils of Other Cultures. Same old story from our very own, very original, Very Not At All Like A Nazi, New Mitanni.

Considering the percentage of "Britons" who are transplants from a hostile alien culture, it would be imprudent for us not to do so.

If people don't want to comply, they can feel free to stay out of our country. And if other countries want to reciprocate, have at it.

Yes, the evil Britons, who colonised your country and, in a way, caused your existence.
Yes, it's the whole "You wouldn't be there if it wasn't for us!" argument. But he used "Britons are terrorists! Evil mooslems! Moolah-ocracy! Immigrants! Stealing our jobs and women!" argument, so I'm justified.

And anyway. Britons are allies. They're scanning in citizens of an allied nation?
No wonder I don't want to go to the U.S. They're not having my bloody fingerprints. I'm 16, and a terrorist, according to them.

Yes, the evil Britons, who colonised your country and, in a way, caused your existence.
Yes, it's the whole "You wouldn't be there if it wasn't for us!" argument. But he used "Britons are terrorists! Evil mooslems! Moolah-ocracy! Immigrants! Stealing our jobs and women!" argument, so I'm justified.

And anyway. Britons are allies. They're scanning in citizens of an allied nation?
No wonder I don't want to go to the U.S. They're not having my bloody fingerprints. I'm 16, and a terrorist, according to them.

I got to get a visa for next year. This could be fun.

Everyone knows Brits wear bombs on their feet.

:rolleyes:

Everyone knows Brits wear bombs on their feet.

:rolleyes:
i know i do, even though i'm not british.

They're not having my bloody fingerprints.

Why not? It wont make any difference unless you commit acts of terrorism. I dont know why countries dont have everyones fingerprints and DNA on record. Its not like it would invade peoples privacy like monitoring phones or something. I dont see any downsides.

If they manage to find the fingers of any suicide bombers then they'll be able to tell who they were.

Hehehe :D

Considering the percentage of "Britons" who are transplants from a hostile alien culture, it would be imprudent for us not to do so.

If people don't want to comply, they can feel free to stay out of our country. And if other countries want to reciprocate, have at it.I can tell that selling things to tourists doesn't fill your pockets :D

It's not fingerprint scanning that gets me. That's not an invasion of security, and everything little thing helps. What gets me is they're doing it to me becuase I'm British. So what if I'm Teh Evilz0r Pakiz0r, and I fly to Canada, get citizenship, go to the US, get citizenship, then take a holiday to Pakistan, dicsover that extremism fills hole in my life that I never knew was there, come back, and blow myself up?

When a twelve year old can make up a war round it as he types, it's not going to outwit the terrorists. But fear not! I have the solution.

Test everybody's prints. All foreigners, all Americans.

Considering the percentage of "Britons" who are transplants from a hostile alien culture

You mean the Welsh, right?

Yay. Another reason to avoid visiting the US.

We are all already terrorism supects. The FBI is monitoring NSG. As are various other TLAs.

Well, you can't blame 'em. I mean have you looked at us lately?

Well, you can't blame 'em. I mean have you looked at us lately?
Well, with RuleCaucasia and friends around, maybe the FBI might see NSG in a more favourable light?

Well, with RuleCaucasia and friends around, maybe the FBI might see NSG in a more favourable light?

Maybe the FBI will, but they may anger some other organizations. I think we're pretty much :gundge: ed.

We are all already terrorism supects. The FBI is monitoring NSG. As are various other TLAs.

I think we ought to give them a good time, then.
Anybody planning any terror atacks right now? Apart from Lunatic Goofball and the exploding squid, that is?

Yay. Another reason to avoid visiting the US.

I find I have plenty of those recently...

I think we ought to give them a good time, then.
Anybody planning any terror atacks right now? Apart from Lunatic Goofball and the exploding squid, that is?

I've got a secret desire to :upyours: the President...

I've got a secret desire to :upyours: the President...

To finger the President? Me too! I thought I was the only one.

Another fool-proof weapon in the war against terrorism.

‘Millions of Britons who visit the United States are to have their fingerprints stored on the FBI database alongside those of criminals, in a move that has outraged civil rights groups.’

‘Under new plans to combat terrorism, the US government will demand that visitors have all 10 fingers scanned when they enter the country. The information will be shared with intelligence agencies, including the FBI, with no restrictions on their international use.’

Linky (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1984496,00.html)

Fantastic. That’ll stop us dastardly British terrorists.

Pfft. You Brits need to get with the times.

Every American is already a terrorist suspect. He's just widening the scope to get all of the "loose ends" taken care of.

It's not just britons.

Countries subject to the new scheme include Britain, other European Union nations, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

It's not just britons.

Countries subject to the new scheme include Britain, other European Union nations, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Sounds an awful lot like the "Alliance of the Willing"....

To finger the President? Me too! I thought I was the only one.

Thanks for that.

Excuse me while I go gouge my brains out.

Another fool-proof weapon in the war against terrorism.

‘Millions of Britons who visit the United States are to have their fingerprints stored on the FBI database alongside those of criminals, in a move that has outraged civil rights groups.’

‘Under new plans to combat terrorism, the US government will demand that visitors have all 10 fingers scanned when they enter the country. The information will be shared with intelligence agencies, including the FBI, with no restrictions on their international use.’

Linky (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1984496,00.html)

Fantastic. That’ll stop us dastardly British terrorists.

i don't really have much of a problem with MY government collecting fingerprints of citizens, but to be forced to give them to another country's government is something i don't like at all

Another fool-proof weapon in the war against terrorism.

‘Millions of Britons who visit the United States are to have their fingerprints stored on the FBI database alongside those of criminals, in a move that has outraged civil rights groups.’

‘Under new plans to combat terrorism, the US government will demand that visitors have all 10 fingers scanned when they enter the country. The information will be shared with intelligence agencies, including the FBI, with no restrictions on their international use.’

Linky (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1984496,00.html)

Fantastic. That’ll stop us dastardly British terrorists.
Well those yank bastards have been pinging everyone else, why shouldn't the Poms suffer?

Well those yank bastards have been pinging everyone else, why shouldn't the Poms suffer?

Precisely! I mean, the insidious Britisher-suicide-bomb hormone must affect everyone of predominantly British descent...

Oh no! That means most Americans will soon develop an irresistable urge to detonate! And that will leave the French Canadians to dominate NA! We're doomed, DOOMED I tell you!

Precisely! I mean, the insidious Britisher-suicide-bomb hormone must affect everyone of predominantly British descent...

Oh no! That means most Americans will soon develop an irresistable urge to detonate! And that will leave the French Canadians to dominate NA! We're doomed, DOOMED I tell you!
Exactly, why shouldn't i gloat at the self inflicted destruction of the American hordes?
After all the American dog left us high and try and in a state of limbo over ANZUS.

Then taking our finger prints even when on transit flights, Death to the Infidels!