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- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 days ago:
There is some reason to arrest her. She had already been in the country for 3 weeks doing who knows what, so now that they suspect she was doing something wrong it’s worthwhile to investigate.
There’s even some justification for making the detention a miserable process, so as to deter others. It’s very shitty, and I don’t agree with it, but there is at least a rationality about it.
The real kicker is the length of the detention. This isn’t in the interests of America, this is only in the interests of the private prisons padding their bill to the American taxpayer. The whole process is shitty, but this last part proves that they are only serving their own interests.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 days ago:
Yes that’s my point. There’s a bit more of a process from the Canadian land border than at an airport. At an airport, you’d just be turned around and paying for a flight. At the land border - particularly the border between two countries that don’t want you - it’s going to take a bit longer because the logistics are more complicated. Also, there might be some kind of investigation, as she has already been staying in the country for several weeks at this point.
However we should be talking about like 3-4 days at most (if that), not 3 weeks.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 3 days ago:
While I agree the time in detention was excessive, this wasn’t at an airport, it was at the Canadian land border. So it’s understandable that she wouldn’t immediately get on a plane back home - she’d likely have to be taken to a central facility and then transferred to an airport. But yeah, that shouldn’t take 3 weeks.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 3 days ago:
She narced on herself to Canada, then America overheard.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 3 days ago:
Exactly. Canada refused her entry first, then when America learned why they detained her.
She should have been deported and put on the next flight at her expense, not detained for nearly 3 weeks, but she definitely fucked up and took the piss with her visa.
- Comment on Is the UK shut down during easter? 4 months ago:
Yeah you get reduced hours with a number of things, particularly buses. Shops have more incentive to stay open, though.
Classic examples being Good Friday running like a regular Saturday, Saturday running like a regular Sunday but Easter Sunday is as normal because everything is already sparse enough.
- Comment on Russia ready to wage cyber war on UK, minister to say 4 months ago:
Yeah, this article is saying they’re ready to do something they’re already doing.
The one thing I would say on top of your comment, however, is that North Korea have generally been less interested in attacking other state actors and more interested in monetary crimes, like when they stole millions in crypto. China and Russia generally don’t devolve into that kind of “petty” crime; not sure about Iran though.
- Comment on Unidentified drones spotted over three US airbases in Britain, USAF confirms 4 months ago:
Lol was thinking it might not have been a good idea to move back to East Anglia, but hey ho…
- Comment on KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK 4 months ago:
I would lean towards there being chickens available, but KFC doesn’t want to pay for them. They want one supplier to provide all of it, rather than a bunch of smaller suppliers.
But you’re absolutely right, this is the kind of question the author of this article should have asked.