Everyone........relax

[Clinton Huxley]

The "Terrorist Threat" rating for the UK has been lowered from "Severe" to "Substantial".

We can all rest easy in our beds tonight.

Does anyone take a blind bit of notice of the threat level?

[Psi Wavefunction]

There's a terrorist threat in the UK? I really need to crawl out from under this giant rock above me...

[Clinton Huxley]

There's a terrorist threat in the UK? I really need to crawl out from under this giant rock above me...

Apparently so.......we're all going to get blowed up any day now.....

[Feck]

Yeah the terrorists have decided that the new plan to make britain run around like a headless chicken is to sneeze without hankies in public places.

[Clinton Huxley]

Yeah the terrorists have decided that the new plan to make britain run around like a headless chicken is to sneeze without hankies in public places.

You'd have the life expectancy of a Brazilian in a tube station if you did that at the moment.....

[Pappa]

Does this mean I should stop walking round in an NBC suit?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

How did they know I've canceled my travel plans?

[Feck]

Does this mean I should stop walking round in an NBC suit?

No but you should have posted that info in a fetish thread
and your post is begging for a damn ,this isn't in the 'pub'

[Hermit]

Yeah the terrorists have decided that the new plan to make britain run around like a headless chicken is to sneeze without hankies in public places.

You'd have the life expectancy of a Brazilian in a tube station if you did that at the moment.....

No No No No NO! Lowering the "Terrorist Threat" rating from "Severe" to "Substantial" means precisely that you are now somewhat less likely to be shot dead at point-blank range on your way to work.

[Clinton Huxley]

Yeah the terrorists have decided that the new plan to make britain run around like a headless chicken is to sneeze without hankies in public places.

You'd have the life expectancy of a Brazilian in a tube station if you did that at the moment.....

No No No No NO! Lowering the "Terrorist Threat" rating from "Severe" to "Substantial" means precisely that you are now somewhat less likely to be shot dead at point-blank range on your way to work.

I think the threat level should be expressed via the medium of smilies.....

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Yeah the terrorists have decided that the new plan to make britain run around like a headless chicken is to sneeze without hankies in public places.

You'd have the life expectancy of a Brazilian in a tube station if you did that at the moment.....

No No No No NO! Lowering the "Terrorist Threat" rating from "Severe" to "Substantial" means precisely that you are now somewhat less likely to be shot dead at point-blank range on your way to work.

I think the threat level should be expressed via the medium of smilies.....

There are proposals for a more detailed threat level system.

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[Clinton Huxley]

I like it, Gawd, have a threat system so obscure that even the terrorists don't know what the level is.....

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I like it, Gawd, have a threat system so obscure that even the terrorists don't know what the level is.....

Thereby rendering them confused and impotent. Like George Bush.

[Feck]

Yeah the terrorists have decided that the new plan to make britain run around like a headless chicken is to sneeze without hankies in public places.

You'd have the life expectancy of a Brazilian in a tube station if you did that at the moment.....

No No No No NO! Lowering the "Terrorist Threat" rating from "Severe" to "Substantial" means precisely that you are now somewhat less likely to be shot dead at point-blank range on your way to work.

Mmmmm many people have died for civil liberties , now we have a situation where almost all our rights and liberties have been removed
in case we die
I remember a news report from East Germany ,just after the re-unification,they had found banks of tape machines at telephone exchanges.
The report pointed out that this was proof of what a horrible police state it was .........where are we now ?

[Clinton Huxley]

Absolutely, Feck. Sleepwalking into a police state, for the most benign reasons "We just want to keep you safe...."