Non-Incident Oxford Circus
Discussion
road_rager said:
For what it's worth, I was in the area and thought I heard gun shots also.
Just a week or two ago I was out walking my dog, Saturday evening, and I heard gunfire all over town. I rushed home and started piling belongings in my car, as did everybody else in my street. We are now all in the Welsh mountains, maintaining radio silence, narrowly missed a tragic event I think.
I was in a cafe on Lower Marsh a while back when there was a very loud bang. Someone said that it was definitely a gunshot. A few people left their seats to go and have a butcher's outside. Most people looked up, remind seated, and very soon returned to their conversations or coffees.
It was, perhaps crucially, a single bang, not a persistent sound like some Mad Mullah with a semi-automatic. Weighing up the odds, I thought I'd rather risk the improbable situation of someone coming in and pointing a shotgun at me than start a panic and risk my tea going cold or, worse still, getting spilt.
It was, perhaps crucially, a single bang, not a persistent sound like some Mad Mullah with a semi-automatic. Weighing up the odds, I thought I'd rather risk the improbable situation of someone coming in and pointing a shotgun at me than start a panic and risk my tea going cold or, worse still, getting spilt.
Countdown said:
I feel so bereft - if only we had 5ohMustangs tactical nous to help us out in our hour of need.
Had he been in Oxford St he would have neutralised the thread with a close grouping of 0.357 ACP in short order
Oh absolutely.Had he been in Oxford St he would have neutralised the thread with a close grouping of 0.357 ACP in short order
How we would have learnt from his tactical tips and advice for how your average Friday evening shopper should have downed John Lewis and Debenham bags whilst simultaneously deploying concealed glocks from their hand/man bags. One tight grouping of rounds later, taking down terrorists with formidable accuracy and speed and its all over. Guns back in bags and Christmas goodies clutched close once again, long before the boys (and girls) in blue had even put their doughnuts and coffees, down let alone got there.
Edited by Last Visit on Saturday 25th November 13:54
Edited by Last Visit on Saturday 25th November 13:55
Thank goodness that the hundreds of panicky shoppers didn't all have guns. Last Visit said:
Countdown said:
I feel so bereft - if only we had 5ohMustangs tactical nous to help us out in our hour of need.
Had he been in Oxford St he would have neutralised the thread with a close grouping of 0.357 ACP in short order
Oh absolutely.Had he been in Oxford St he would have neutralised the thread with a close grouping of 0.357 ACP in short order
How we would have learnt from his tactical tips and advice for how your average Friday evening shopper should have downed John Lewis and Debenham bags whilst simultaneously deploying concealed glocks from their hand/man bags. One tight grouping of rounds later, taking down terrorists with formidable accuracy and speed and its all over. Guns back in bags and Christmas goodies clutched close once again, long before the boys (and girls) in blue had even put their doughnuts and coffees, down let alone got there.
Edited by Last Visit on Saturday 25th November 13:54
Edited by Last Visit on Saturday 25th November 13:55
Thankyou4calling said:
I know it happens but far too little and the media doesn't help with their pathetic headlines.
I promise you we will see at least 10 more "Lockdowns" of this nature coming up to Christmas and although none of them will amount to anything the public will believe their have been a huge number of terrorist incidents.
You wait and see.
The reality is that London is one of the safest cities on earth and will continue to be so.
I'm no Bruce Willis but if some nutter with a knife was running amok I'd definitely not be a victim.
Dominate Oxford Circus.I promise you we will see at least 10 more "Lockdowns" of this nature coming up to Christmas and although none of them will amount to anything the public will believe their have been a huge number of terrorist incidents.
You wait and see.
The reality is that London is one of the safest cities on earth and will continue to be so.
I'm no Bruce Willis but if some nutter with a knife was running amok I'd definitely not be a victim.
I live in Soho and got home on Friday just as police started responding to the "incident".
Despite the police chopper hovering over for a good hour and very heavy police presence, I was quite surprised to see there were still loads of shoppers, passers-by and pissed up media workers and Essex girls walking around.
Didn't quite give me the impression that the "terrorists have won".
Despite the police chopper hovering over for a good hour and very heavy police presence, I was quite surprised to see there were still loads of shoppers, passers-by and pissed up media workers and Essex girls walking around.
Didn't quite give me the impression that the "terrorists have won".
matrignano said:
I live in Soho and got home on Friday just as police started responding to the "incident".
Despite the police chopper hovering over for a good hour and very heavy police presence, I was quite surprised to see there were still loads of shoppers, passers-by and pissed up media workers and Essex girls walking around.
Didn't quite give me the impression that the "terrorists have won".
Must be fantastic to live in Soho.Despite the police chopper hovering over for a good hour and very heavy police presence, I was quite surprised to see there were still loads of shoppers, passers-by and pissed up media workers and Essex girls walking around.
Didn't quite give me the impression that the "terrorists have won".
I'd love that. How do you find it?
FurtiveFreddy said:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/oxford-circ...
"American Laila Harilela told CNN: “I was on the corner of Oxford and Poland when there was a big scream from a stampede of people rushing towards myself and maybe four or five other people. None of us knew what to do so we ran with the stampede..."
Sums it up nicely. When in doubt, follow the rest of the lemmings over the cliff, remembering to tweet to all the other lemmings so they can join in.
https://youtu.be/9DOekWpflYc?t=15"American Laila Harilela told CNN: “I was on the corner of Oxford and Poland when there was a big scream from a stampede of people rushing towards myself and maybe four or five other people. None of us knew what to do so we ran with the stampede..."
Sums it up nicely. When in doubt, follow the rest of the lemmings over the cliff, remembering to tweet to all the other lemmings so they can join in.
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Monday 27th November 12:10
Eddie Strohacker said:
steveT350C said:
Let's be honest.
The terrorists have won.
We're terrified.
It was international news and nothing even happened.
Loathsome attitude. Farage, Hopkins, That prick from Luton all do this whenever something happens. They collectively claim to love their country but are the first to shriek that it's broken, They do the terrorist's work for them.The terrorists have won.
We're terrified.
It was international news and nothing even happened.
How strange a response, I would say many are afraid and personally know many people from up north who now will not go to London because of the terror threat.
Don't know their politics or newspaper reading habits, however they would 'appear' to be afraid - could be just tight gits I guess.
Running through the streets after fistycuffs is not 'normal' response now is it...?
ciege said:
Eddie Strohacker said:
steveT350C said:
Let's be honest.
The terrorists have won.
We're terrified.
It was international news and nothing even happened.
Loathsome attitude. Farage, Hopkins, That prick from Luton all do this whenever something happens. They collectively claim to love their country but are the first to shriek that it's broken, They do the terrorist's work for them.The terrorists have won.
We're terrified.
It was international news and nothing even happened.
How strange a response, I would say many are afraid and personally know many people from up north who now will not go to London because of the terror threat.
Don't know their politics or newspaper reading habits, however they would 'appear' to be afraid - could be just tight gits I guess.
Running through the streets after fistycuffs is not 'normal' response now is it...?
Yes that's pretty loathesome.
Oakey said:
Thankyou4calling said:
I went to see Glengarry Glenross at the playhouse Norhtumberland Avenue the other night.
Hung around the stage door after and "dominated" Christian Slater.
He looked concerned.
This never happened. Hung around the stage door after and "dominated" Christian Slater.
He looked concerned.
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