[quote=@Keyguyperson]
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This right here. My uncle ended up almost missing a family reunion because he happened to SHARE THE NAME of someone on the no fly list. The real kicker is that the guy who's actually on the list is of a [i]completely different race[/i]. He had to drive up north for the reunion instead of flying, and missed the full first day.

The guy who was on the list was also on there for nothing more than a single instance of theft. I mean, yeah, sure, he stole something and that's illegal. But the [i]no fly list[/i]? What, is he going to threaten to crash a plane into the fucking White House unless they give him a thousand dollars' worth of silver jewelry?
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Same for my buddy. He takes three full extra hours to get through customs, every time, because there's a 7'3" Nigerian who uses his name as an alias. We're talking about a guy who [i]literally flies planes for the government,[/i] is on the government's no-fly list. 

And it's not, like, a weird name even. It's pretty common. So the same thing has to apply for like a hundred other people in the country too. That's what you might call a tainted well. Use that water to put out a fire if you have to I guess, but for god's sake don't drink it.