I really wish
That I lived before the time of video games where no-one ever killed anyone
Posts by Ben Bawden
65 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Jan 2009
Videogame TRAINS TERRORISTS, yells pundit
Passenger cleared after TSA checkpoint stare-down
Wednesday 26th January 2011 10:33 GMT
Yes
"I hate security actions that are just for looks - eg the banning of liquids onto the plane. there's been no successful recombination liquid bombs on aircraft."
+ lots.
A piece of elaborate theatre to make it look like they are doing something effective, and to keep is vaguely frightened.
See also sending the tanks to Heathrow.
New Taser made to take down angry bears, moose
Doctor Who to marry Doctor Who's daughter
Disconsolate Spanish smokers driven out into blizzard
Boris bikes for all from next week
Twitter 'martyr' takes airport joke case to High Court
Tuesday 23rd November 2010 12:38 GMT
But ...
@adrianww: "Certainly if someone - however foolishly as far as most of us are concerned - took it seriously and felt that it constituted a real threat."
It obviously wasn't taken at face value, as the threat was categorized as non-existent, and he was subsequently charged with a completely different offence to that under which he was arrested. The airport, police and CPS all were of the opinion that there was no threat.
What happened to the public interest test that the CPS are supposed to apply?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
