Ocean11 0 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Yes, if we stopped eating Marmite (and Twiglets ), perhaps they would leave us alone. But we must be resolute. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Nowt to do with Iraq according to Tones http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13388035,00.html Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Subways are always the target. They can expect more effect because it's a closed space. We had one in 1995 in Tokyo by a cult. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Tourists must be enjoying the extra security right now in London. How bad (from a "taking time" point of view) are the airports, anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 A friend went back to the UK last week and said security was noticeably longer than usual but nothing too bad. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Something else happening?? http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1189833,00.html Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Apparently a nail bomb? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 EVERYBODY STAY CALM AND RESOLUTE!! THEY'RE TRYING TO TERRORIZE YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE TERRORISTS! Yes, that should do it, problem solved. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 So what would you have them say to the public just after this happened? Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Quote: So what would you have them say to the public just after this happened? "Sorry I am a reckless incompetent fool"? Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Lucky for london they seem to be fairly crap terrorists. Imagine if they were as good at making bombs as their Spanish counterparts. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 You obviously haven't read 'The Art of War'. The aim is of course never 'to kill as many as possible'. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 > So what would you have them say to the public just after this happened? Well don't you think it's a bit silly to talk about being 'resolute'. I mean, in practical terms, how do you go about being 'resolute'? "I am resolutely going to use London public transport again today, even though it is clearly dangerous"? "I am going to walk to the local pub for lunch as usual, without any diminishing of my resoluteness"? Can't you tell straightforward bullshit when you hear it? "I am resolutely going to vote Labour at the next opportunity (even though they encourage terrorism and bullshit me to boot)"? What would you say frannyo? (Saying anything sensible is obviously difficult when you're responsible, like Bliar, for the ongoing nastiness...) Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Siren: You obviously haven't read 'The Art of War'. The aim is of course never 'to kill as many as possible'. Your right I havent read it, though the thought did cross my mind that mabey the bombs didnt really go off on purpose so they could still get the terror effect without killing too many. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Yes you are of course totally correct Ocean11. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 frannyo, why start a discussion if you just want to run away? Not very 'resolute' of you is it? Tony will be disappointed... Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 I wasn't "running away" - I just decided it would be a complete waste of time. I'm busy with more important things. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Just not so busy that you couldn't find the time to write a passive-aggressive little post... Addressing my comments now to people who aren't too busy to be polite, I've read the Art of War. I didn't really understand it. Although I'd be willing to bet that Tony Blair isn't following its prescriptions. If another bombing occurs in the next few weeks, I wonder if all that 'Londoners hardened by the Blitz' guff will still fly. Also Londoners probably won't be needing Tony to explain to them what a terrorist is. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Quote: Addressing my comments now to people who aren't too busy to be polite, I've read the Art of War. I don't claim to fully understand it (and I certainly didn't read the original text) but the basic tactics are just common sense. Being resolute or not is totally irrelevant. How much it is going to cost (never mind if it is going to work) is. And for what? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 22, 2005 Author Share Posted July 22, 2005 A few more than a bit nervy people on the Tube this morning... Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Quote: mabey the bombs didnt really go off on purpose so they could still get the terror effect without killing too many. Perhaps we should be thanking them, then. Cheers mates, nice one! I think they were just crap terrorists, simple as that. Perhaps Viz could create characters. They nearly got caught didn't they? Rather risky don't you think. It seems that some people almost want these things to happen and get some kind of perverse pleasure out of it out of their hatred for Bush/Blair etc. It was just on the tv about one being OVAL station, the other near Shepherds BUSH. (What's the "US" link with Warren Street?) Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Quote: It seems that some people almost want these things to happen and get some kind of perverse pleasure out of it out of their hatred for Bush/Blair etc. No, a better way would be to pretend that they won't and everything is a coincidence. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 A better way for what? Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Of thinking, obviously. If one is capable. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 22, 2005 Author Share Posted July 22, 2005 Not again... Passengers have been evacuated from a Tube train on the Northern Line at Stockwell, south London, after hearing what appeared to be shots being fired. Passenger Briony Coetsee said: "We were on the Tube and then we suddenly heard someone say, 'Get out, get out' and then we heard gunshots." Police are hunting four would-be bombers after Thursday's London blasts. The bombers fled after detonators went off, causing small blasts, but failed to detonate the bombs themselves. Link to post Share on other sites
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