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Terrorist Threat Level

Friday 22nd January

Is it me or is this absolute bobbins?

Let’s face it, they don’t know what terrorists are up to. The terrorists will wait until the threat level is moderate or low before attacking, that’ll make their lives easier.

Raising the level just allows them to make more laws or conduct more stop and searches without having to justify it so much.

Gah.

/me goes off for a lie down

Written by Stu

January 22nd, 2010 at 10:27 pm

Posted in Current Affairs

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8 Responses to 'Terrorist Threat Level'

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  1. Oh puhlees All jobs for the nasty fascists at the Home Office and UKBA. All scares to add to their controls of you and I

    lordhutton

    22 Jan 10 at 23:24

  2. Given that they’re saying it’s not related to any specific intelligence about an imminent attack, I can only assume it’s a reaction to last weeks episode of Charlie Brookers Newswipe – which pretty much said “stop worrying about terrorism”

    Here, have some pictures of “goats on things” to calm you down. http://goatsonthings.tumblr.com

    Paul Seward

    23 Jan 10 at 14:42

  3. More opportunities to hassle innocent photographers.

    Lois

    23 Jan 10 at 17:05

  4. perhaps they’ve decided and attack is imminent cause they’ve caught someone with a beard stockpiling bleach :)

    Alistair

    23 Jan 10 at 17:27

  5. In my opinion, all this nonsense with security checks etc just means the terrorists have won as they’ve made our lives hell… Ignore them or at least ban the media from reporting this stuff and nobody would know or care anything was happening.

    Phil G

    23 Jan 10 at 18:39

  6. it’s tricky because covert intel is covert and therefore it’s hard to use the intelligence while looking rational, because then you have to explain your intelligence and it gives away the way you’ve been collecting the intelligence.

    So what I’m saying by that point is that a legitimate intelligence alert looks the same as an illegitimate one.

    Now, assuming politicians understand my second point there, and since intel scares are good for establishing control and removing obstructions from legislation, it follows that we are going to get intel scares regardless of whether there are real or not.

    So on balance, I don’t believe the threats are real.

    sweavo

    25 Jan 10 at 11:47

  7. And what are we, as Joe Public going to do different anyway? Start looking at bearded people with more suspicion?

    Stu

    25 Jan 10 at 11:57

  8. Well, it’s no wonder you have “all you can drink” night at the local pub what with the rising terrorist threats!

    Debster

    25 Jan 10 at 23:21