Typical border security?

[Wing Nut]

How would you like to see your daughter dating THIS guy!

Read Here:  
Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S.

[beaky]

:-/
Maybe if he'd been even vaguely Arabic in name or appearance, they might've stopped him... although I'm amazed the French name didn't arouse suspicion.
I feel so secure knowing these guys are on watch, lemme tell you...

[TacitBlue]

Man, he is just creepy looking. It dosn't sound like they had any reason to stop him from entering the US though. They couldnt prove that it was blood on the saw, and he wasn't wanted at the time.

[beaky]

Man, he is just creepy looking. It dosn't sound like they had any reason to stop him from entering the US though. They couldnt prove that it was blood on the saw, and he wasn't wanted at the time.

Are you sure there was no warrant yet? If not, a check wouldn't have given them due cause. However, it seems no sort of check was made, despite the cache of weapons and the fact that he is in fact creepy-looking and I can well imagine he was acting weird. He really looks psychopathic- someone could develop a really messed-up computer game around this dude. Glad they caught him...

[H]

:-/
... although I'm amazed the French name didn't arouse suspicion...

Say what? 20 to 30% of the names THIS side of the Canadian/New England border are French. The name "Vermont" is French (=Green Mountain), as well as numerous towns across the U.S.
The upset is that... "On the same day Despres crossed the border, he was due in a Canadian court to be sentenced on charges he assaulted and threatened to kill Fulton's son-in-law, Frederick Mowat, last August..."(refer to linked article). ::)During the time he was detained, something should have been in put effect; at the very least, an escort to his court appearance.

[Woodlouse2002]

Anyone with hair like that should be locked up regardless of what they've done.

[Omag 2.0]

US Customs: It's a guy from the canadian side... sword, chainsaw, weird haircut... looks like blood onto it... Governor Schwartzenegger been on a holiday?

Serious creepy looking guy...

[ozzy72]

Hey come on guys I mean it was only a chainsaw
Now if he'd been armed with something dangerous like say Jacque Chiracs autobiography I could understand the problem

[TacitBlue]

Hey come on guys I mean it was only a chainsaw...

Maybe they thought he was just a lumber jack...

[Souichiro]

Hmmmm The song Break stuff from limp bizkit comes to mind

[Woodlouse2002]

Why does he have a fish draped over his head?

[Wing Nut]

Maybe they thought he was just a lumber jack...

Isn't everyone from Canada either a lumberjack or a hockey player?

[beaky]

Say what? 20 to 30% of the names THIS side of the Canadian/New England border are French. The name "Vermont" is French (=Green Mountain), as well as numerous towns across the U.S.
The upset is that... "On the same day Despres crossed the border, he was due in a Canadian court to be sentenced on charges he assaulted and threatened to kill Fulton's son-in-law, Frederick Mowat, last August..."(refer to linked article). ::)During the time he was detained, something should have been in put effect; at the very least, an escort to his court appearance.

I was just  taking a poke at the current  (idiotic)American trend of despising all things French (remember "Freedom Fries"?) , as well as the always-simmering anti-Arab sentiment. Not very funny, I guess, and now that I think about it, there's nothing funny about this bizarre specimen or the fact that  he was not detained at least until his record could be checked...

[Souichiro]

Uhmmmmm as it stands now the guy has been arrested. He is officially a murder suspect. the Chainsaw was covered in blood by the way.....In his home a 74 yr old woman was found dead.  Decapitated with...a chainsaw

[Tequila Sunrise]

wierd bugger  :P

that guy would have a hard time trying to walk down any street in the UK with any of those weapons and not be arrested  ::)

Craig