London Olympics security

[amare32]

Now with Bin Laden gone. People are talking and expecting revenge attack, you wonder if this will give the sleeper cells new impetus to plan new attacks on the Western world and with London 2012 not that far away, surely that would be one of their targets..

[Ozzie Osmond]

amare32 said:

Now with Bin Laden gone. People are talking and expecting revenge attack, you wonder if this will give the sleeper cells new impetus to plan new attacks on the Western world and with London 2012 not that far away, surely that would be one of their targets..

So where are we supposed to hide? Avoid all public places? Stay in bed with the duvet pulled over our heads?

Life goes on.....

[hyperblue]

If they were half as capable as the press would have you think, there'd have been a lot more attacks.

[sharpfocus]

The Olympics isn't a big surprise, there's been a large security focus on it for a while.

[amare32]

Well the 7/7 bombings happened the day after London were awarded the Olympics..

That said, life goes on as people say.

[ewenm]

I wouldn't imagine this will change the security planning at all. They'll already be preparing for the worst.

[loafer123]

As was shown by the royal wedding, when the police and security services don't need to worry about general civil disobedience, they do an excellent job at ensuring security at large scale public events.

[thinfourth2]

ewenm said:

I wouldn't imagine this will change the security planning at all. They'll already be preparing for the worst.

What someone goes kill crazy after being asked to pay a fiver for a can of coke and they are only allowed to use the offical credit card

[Globs]

hyperblue said:

If they were half as capable as the press would have you think, there'd have been a lot more attacks.

Why?

Terrorists have nothing to gain from attacking the UK, and everything to lose. The last time they were accused of doing something two of their countries got invaded, our government got extra 'special' powers over us and Joe Public got the shaft. As usual. Again.

I lived through the 1970s when we had proper terror, this modern stuff is just bks from an Orwellian nightmare. So with OBL dead we have to worry? I thought we had to worry when he was alive? Oh FFS you couldn't make this st up, you really couldn't.

You should also realise that no one in the UK gives a st about the Olympics and about 50% of the population would breath a sigh of relief if the whole thing disappear in a freak earthquake tomorrow. We have had to pay about £700 per household (in the worst recession since WWII) for them to build this crap - then they have the temerity to charge us for tickets (via some kind of scam worthy of Arthur Dailey) for two weeks of navel gazing and masturbation by the arrogant tossers who bent over for the IOC.

Additionally we should all start thinking about who spends all their time and our money giving us the shaft. It's not a bearded man on a hill is it? It's our own homegrown overpaid fkwits in power busy taking away our money, rights and country, and then feeding us a bunch of bullst for the terminally stupid to swallow.

[ewenm]

Globs said:

You should also realise that no one in the UK gives a st about the Olympics

Hmmm, no one cares and yet 20m tickets have been applied for. That's a lot of money for not caring...

[Globs]

ewenm said:

Globs said:

You should also realise that no one in the UK gives a st about the Olympics

Hmmm, no one cares and yet 20m tickets have been applied for. That's a lot of money for not caring...

Over-ordering by 1.8 million people, at the last minute. There are nearly 70million people in the UK. Basically, no one is interested.

[Soovy]

Globs said:

ewenm said:

Globs said:

You should also realise that no one in the UK gives a st about the Olympics

Hmmm, no one cares and yet 20m tickets have been applied for. That's a lot of money for not caring...

Over-ordering by 1.8 million people, at the last minute. There are nearly 70million people in the UK. Basically, no one is interested.

20m tickets applied for by 6,000,000,000 people worldwide.

No on ehere wants it. I am renting out my apartment and getting the fook out of here - Sandy Lane Barbados.

[Matt..]

Globs said:

Why?

Terrorists have nothing to gain from attacking the UK, and everything to lose. The last time they were accused of doing something two of their countries got invaded, our government got extra 'special' powers over us and Joe Public got the shaft. As usual. Again.

I lived through the 1970s when we had proper terror, this modern stuff is just bks from an Orwellian nightmare. So with OBL dead we have to worry? I thought we had to worry when he was alive? Oh FFS you couldn't make this st up, you really couldn't.

You should also realise that no one in the UK gives a st about the Olympics and about 50% of the population would breath a sigh of relief if the whole thing disappear in a freak earthquake tomorrow. We have had to pay about £700 per household (in the worst recession since WWII) for them to build this crap - then they have the temerity to charge us for tickets (via some kind of scam worthy of Arthur Dailey) for two weeks of navel gazing and masturbation by the arrogant tossers who bent over for the IOC.

Additionally we should all start thinking about who spends all their time and our money giving us the shaft. It's not a bearded man on a hill is it? It's our own homegrown overpaid fkwits in power busy taking away our money, rights and country, and then feeding us a bunch of bullst for the terminally stupid to swallow.

Wow, you really are miserable aren't you. This is the one major issue i have about the UK now. It's at least 50% populated by miserable moaning people.

[ewenm]

Saying "No one is interested" is about as realistic a statement as saying "all Audi drivers are cocks" or "BMW drivers never indicate"... Lots of people on PH were spouting that "no one will be interested in the Royal Wedding" too.

Perfectly reasonable to say "I'm not interested", but to extrapolate that to "no one" is a reach even for the sensationalist standards of PH. I know plenty of Brits who are interested and are hoping that their ticket applications are successful. So, "some" people aren't interested, perhaps even "many", but "no one cares"? Pure hyperbole.

[petemurphy]

as long as they dont traget the beach volleyball i dont care

[sharpfocus]

Globs said:

Terrorists have nothing to gain from attacking the UK, and everything to lose.

Not sure it works like that with suicide bombers.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Matt.. said:

Wow, you really are miserable aren't you. This is the one major issue i have about the UK now. It's at least 50% populated by miserable moaning people.

[Soovy]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Matt.. said:

Wow, you really are miserable aren't you. This is the one major issue i have about the UK now. It's at least 50% populated by miserable moaning people.

It's 90% and with very good reason. Over run, over taxed and over governed.

[LooneyTunes]

loafer123 said:

As was shown by the royal wedding, when the police and security services don't need to worry about general civil disobedience, they do an excellent job at ensuring security at large scale public events.

Without wanting to knock people doing a bloody good and difficult job, there's surely a whole world of difference between a 1 day event and something that takes over multiple venues (and requires the public to access them rather than being kept outside) for an extended period of time?

TBH, what with all the general palaver associated with the Olympics, were I still in that neck of the woods, I too would probably have made plans to be out of town - although I doubt I would have gone to the hassle of renting my place out.

[loafer123]

LooneyTunes said:

loafer123 said:

As was shown by the royal wedding, when the police and security services don't need to worry about general civil disobedience, they do an excellent job at ensuring security at large scale public events.

Without wanting to knock people doing a bloody good and difficult job, there's surely a whole world of difference between a 1 day event and something that takes over multiple venues (and requires the public to access them rather than being kept outside) for an extended period of time?

TBH, what with all the general palaver associated with the Olympics, were I still in that neck of the woods, I too would probably have made plans to be out of town - although I doubt I would have gone to the hassle of renting my place out.

The perimeter checks, spotters, policing styles etc are the same, but I certainly agree it will be a marathon, not a sprint... ;-)