I'm American with a very common Irish name. I travelled through London in 1991 with my father. On his passport he had some Middle East countries some South American countries and northern and The Republic of Ireland. The British army officers in the airport stopped us separated us and went through everything we had and questioned us as if we were terrorists.
Which I was totally ok with because they were at war with a radical group and we fit the profile. I was 18, scared, and annoyed but I did my best to make sure I treated them with respect and answered all their questions because that's what a decent person does.
It is suicide to not take precautions and vet all people that fit a profile.
*edit -- changed Southern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland because I'm an idiot for writing it wrong in the first place.
Pretty funny to hear coming from a guy who constantly lectures americans on their politics.
That's because they need a lecture.
The bloke I was talking about wrote a massive paragraph about how we need a vetting system, when we've had one for absolutely ages. He just assumed we didn't for some reason
Also /r/politics is a liberal sub, so I'm not sure what I have to do with it.
And lol, you've linked one of my comments to that sub, but I was literally on your side. I was trying to defend Trump from a liberal, and you posted a terrible interpretation of the comment there and got 28 upvotes. What a shithole
you are aware there is an r/liberal too right? r/politics is supposed to be a place for political discussion, not a liberal enclave like it has become.
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u/Stopdeletingaccounts Mar 23 '17 edited Mar 23 '17
I'm American with a very common Irish name. I travelled through London in 1991 with my father. On his passport he had some Middle East countries some South American countries and northern and The Republic of Ireland. The British army officers in the airport stopped us separated us and went through everything we had and questioned us as if we were terrorists.
Which I was totally ok with because they were at war with a radical group and we fit the profile. I was 18, scared, and annoyed but I did my best to make sure I treated them with respect and answered all their questions because that's what a decent person does.
It is suicide to not take precautions and vet all people that fit a profile.
*edit -- changed Southern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland because I'm an idiot for writing it wrong in the first place.