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England not ready

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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You think we'd be good at terrorism by now wouldn't you?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: England not ready
    Originally posted by Fiend_85
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    You think we'd be good at terrorism by now wouldn't you?

    That report is very scary, I'm not that surprised though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    To be fair, part of me wants to say 'so what, who gives a fart' because really Aylesbury Vale county council aren't likely to get attacked by terrorists. Really, it's a boring home-counties town of 60000. Really, not everywhere is a target, a parish council doesn't need an emergency plan because no-one's going to dirty bomb the village hall.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    , likely target for an attack. A guarenteed target during all out war.
    I'm just glad I live and work rurally hehe.
    I've already got my plan for survival mapped out.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    To be honest we cannot do much more than give the emergency services the best training possible. The public at large cannot be trained... If there was to be an attack on the London Underground you can be sure panic will ensue, people will stampede through and it will be utter chaos.

    It is not very reassuring though when Fathers for Justice threw that purple powder balloon into the Commons chamber and rather than sealing the House until the all-clear was given, MPs were allowed to do a runner and potentially spread a dangerous agent.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Fiend_85
    To be fair, part of me wants to say 'so what, who gives a fart' because really Aylesbury Vale county council aren't likely to get attacked by terrorists. Really, it's a boring home-counties town of 60000. Really, not everywhere is a target, a parish council doesn't need an emergency plan because no-one's going to dirty bomb the village hall.

    you forget that we have RAF Strike Command a short drive from us.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    that's true. but they'd attack Halton or Bicester if they wanted to get at MOD and RAF stuff near us. Not central Shitebury.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Can anyone really be surprised to discover that Britain's emergency services would not be able to cope, thanks mainly to the incompetence and mismanagement of the last few years by failed politicians?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by stargalaxy
    thanks mainly to the incompetence and mismanagement of the last few years by failed politicians?

    Do you beleive we were better able to cope with a terrorist threat before then?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I live in Wrexham

    Terrorists would drive through and think "oh fuck, this place has already been bombed several times" so really, I don't care.

    In my opinion this whole scare mongering about terrorist attacks, trying to get votes for Tony Blair who is 'keeping us safe' by making us aware of these 'dangers'.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Fiend_85
    that's true. but they'd attack Halton or Bicester if they wanted to get at MOD and RAF stuff near us. Not central Shitebury.

    but if they use a missile that has a large area of devestation? for example, destructive gases may well travel far!
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Your country isn't safe for the 2012 olympics. They should never have given you the chance to house them.

    (In case you didn't understand it already, that was a :p)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by queenmab_roo
    but if they use a missile that has a large area of devestation? for example, destructive gases may well travel far!

    A missile that big must be fired from a stable launchpad. It'd be a country attacking us, not a terrorist group. Though the contamination may spread, the amount of gas needed to be at a poisonous level from somewhere as far away as halton would be near unbelievable. A dirty bomb, now that is more realistic. But if I got the components into the country, I wouldn't waste it at RAF Halton.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think perhaps we should be concentrating on lowering the chances of us being attacked rather than just preparing for such an event.

    Things like not annoying virtually every muslim in the world would be a good start.

    That and not interning many muslims in this country on suspect charges.

    Or, maybe speaking out against torture would be a good idea, in Israel, Russia and the US.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well if you're going to state the obvious.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Fiend_85
    Well if you're going to state the obvious.
    Another profound, meaningful and not-in-the-slightest-bit-patronising comment from Fiend_85 then...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You know bong and I have an interesting dynamic.

    You must admit that if we weren't pissing people off we'd be in a safer position now.
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