Originally Posted by Letum

The whole police operation seams far too elaborate (and expensive!)!
More traffic police would be better, far more people die on the road then through these half-arsed terrorist attempts.

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Statistics will prove you right :yep:
Terrorist attempts are by far the quickest way to mobilise public opinion though.

Originally Posted by bradclark1

They won even if they didn't get the explosion they presumably wanted.
They caused disruption and fear. More piss-pot attempts coming?

Originally Posted by Seth8530

I have also noticed that all of these "terrorist" attempts have been extremly amature. Either this aint aquida or the are losing their touch.

Originally Posted by Letum

The whole police operation seams far too elaborate (and expensive!)!
More traffic police would be better, far more people die on the road then through these half-arsed terrorist attempts.

Originally Posted by Henryk Broder:

Who confesses to selective tolerance will take care not to fall into the trap of "equi-distance" und relativism. Meanwhile you can collect points on every Tupperware-party by claiming that George Bush and Osama Bin Laden are made of the same stuff, the number of people getting killed in terror attacks is lower than the number of people getting killed in public traffic, and the christian crusaders shed more blood than the Islamic terrorists today.

(Wer sich zur selektiven Intoleranz bekennt, der wird auch darauf achten, nicht in die Falle der Äquidistanz und des Relativismus zu tappen. Inzwischen kann man auf jeder Tupperware-Party Punkte sammeln, wenn man nur erklärt, George Bush und Osama Bin Laden seien aus demselben Holz geschnitzt, die Zahl der Menschen, die bei Terroranschlägen ums Leben kommen, sei viel kleiner als die Zahl der Verkehrstoten, und die christlichen Kreuzfahrer hätten viel mehr Blut vergossen als die islamischen Terroristen heute.)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116907 post#10

Originally Posted by Heibges

I think that only rarely has any terrorist group had more than one or two capable organizers at one time.

Originally Posted by Skybird

Instead of making Rushdie a knight, we should have beheaded him. Then they would have struck us maybe a year later, but at least not during the summer vacation. As if this summer hasn't already had enough bad weather - and now this!

Originally Posted by Biggles

Sorry,this is very off topic, but how exactly is the weather in England right now? Area around Torquay, is it bad there you think? I'm going there on Friday.....

as I said, off topic, but I'd like to know. I sure as hell this fuzz won't stop the air traffic to Heathrow...then I'll get mad.......sooo....veryyy......maaad........

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

Any, back on topic: this surely also has to do with Paris Hilton's release. I can just feel it in my bones.