tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post724227868673760853..comments2024-03-28T13:48:13.606+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: The Price Of Freedom Is Eternal Vigilance!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-7900060762121871772011-08-24T05:39:20.038+01:002011-08-24T05:39:20.038+01:00"The readers comments put more meat on the bo...<i>"The readers comments put more meat on the bone. There was a suspect package around the corner at the mosque last week..."</i> <br /><br />It wasn't a 'suspect package'. Someone had left a suitcase full of pillows (a donation), and everyone panicked. Just like this case.<br /><br /><i>"I, personally, would like to see terrorists become more socially aware and label their bombs plainly..."</i> <br /><br />And they should be the classic design - round, with a fuse!<br /><br /><i>"Sounds forrin, he must be in on it."</i> <br /><br />Heh!<br /><br /><i>" This woman only called in because the people she saw were a couple of ordinary blokes. Put 'em in boiler suits and slap some old nonsense on the side of the van (Wessex Environmental Health Agency, say, which I just totally made up, but face it - you'd have to do a bit of leg-work to know it was bogus) and she'd be none the wiser."</i><br /><br />Indeed! And you do have to wonder, don't you?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-81960466872803288852011-08-23T22:50:04.431+01:002011-08-23T22:50:04.431+01:00There's actually an interesting thing going on...There's actually an interesting thing going on here. You can print up some logos and decals to go on the side of a Transit van no worries, and it's cheap as chips. Paint your bomb blaze orange, stencil 'West Berkshire Council - Airborne Particulate Monitoring Unit No. 24752" on the side, put it somewhere high value, in Newbury on market day, say. and drive off. This woman only called in because the people she saw were a couple of ordinary blokes. Put 'em in boiler suits and slap some old nonsense on the side of the van (Wessex Environmental Health Agency, say, which I just totally made up, but face it - you'd have to do a bit of leg-work to know it was bogus) and she'd be none the wiser. Now I can figure this out because I am not a drooling imbecile, plus I know how cowed most people are by even the spurious appearance of officialdom. I also, really, 100%, pinky-swears, don't want to do any of this stuff, in case da Feds is watching.<br /><br />The security services <i>seem</i> to do a bloody good job rounding up the various gangs of nutters intent on doing us harm. It makes you wonder whether this is because (a) the counter-terrorist guys are extraordinarily competent (b) to be a nutter turns you into a drooling imbecile likely to get spotted (c) not being a drooling imbecile makes you less likely to be a nutter (d) there's not really all that many nutters out there who want to kill lots of innocent people at random (or (e) some other thing I haven't thought of.) We know wickedness and stupidity are not necessarily bed-fellows. Lots of very bad men have been very clever. It's a bit of a conundrum.<br /><br />I'm probably on some government watch list just for posting this.David Gilliesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-69436374523172049712011-08-23T16:10:34.231+01:002011-08-23T16:10:34.231+01:00Well you do have to nail things down these days!
A...Well you do have to nail things down these days!<br />An Al Qaida spokesman in Manchester complained "We had just started to prepare the car for our martyrdom operation, left it to get the bomb and some bloody Infidel just got in and drove off! It was a nice little runner from Ahemed D'haley's Motorama too. One owner and genuine mileage! May fleas infest his beard!"<br />Actually given it was the local council, terroism was probably not a bad call!<br />TTFN :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23659438823882824202011-08-23T12:54:08.197+01:002011-08-23T12:54:08.197+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-60125887466597416852011-08-23T12:50:43.974+01:002011-08-23T12:50:43.974+01:00Normal for Essex? No, wait...
Mehmet Mazhar, Sout...Normal for Essex? No, wait...<br /><br /><i>Mehmet Mazhar, Southend Council’s manager for traffic and highways...</i><br /><br />Sounds forrin, he must be in on it.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32034958348769461502011-08-23T11:50:02.086+01:002011-08-23T11:50:02.086+01:00It's probably a double bluff. An eavesdropping...It's probably a double bluff. An eavesdropping machine labelled as a traffic management device reported as a bomb so now able to eavesdrop at leisure. Everyone happy !Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-19792389899232762652011-08-23T11:48:15.916+01:002011-08-23T11:48:15.916+01:00I, personally, would like to see terrorists become...I, personally, would like to see terrorists become more socially aware and label their bombs plainly, for cultural and ethnic diversity reasons, labels should be in laguages that are instantly readable by all local residents or translators should be made availabe in the vicinity of the Bomb, Bim, Kabbooom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-41021083376653497552011-08-23T11:18:38.658+01:002011-08-23T11:18:38.658+01:00If it had been labelled "traffic management&q...If it had been labelled "traffic management" it would have been OK? As long as it's not labelled "bomb"?George Spellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566990991084867385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-74698556846370333482011-08-23T11:15:50.228+01:002011-08-23T11:15:50.228+01:00The readers comments put more meat on the bone. Th...The readers comments put more meat on the bone. There was a suspect package around the corner at the mosque last week resulting in road closures. Air burst bombs are frequently strapped to lamp posts abroad. Never approach people you suspect of planting a bomb. Never go too close to a suspect package to see what it says on the lid. Oh and they don't often say 'bomb'. they're usually disguised as something else ( shock).<br />So I'd feel safer living next door to her than some know all who laughs at vigilant people and can't see further than X factor or Celeb Big Bro..<br />Just saying.Bobnoreply@blogger.com