Comments on: Theoretical conspiracies http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/08/14/theoretical-conspiracies/ Life on other planets is difficult Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Destructor http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/08/14/theoretical-conspiracies/#comment-2145 Destructor Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:38:39 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/08/14/theoretical-conspiracies/#comment-2145 I don't think it's particularly being hidden, conspiracy style. I mean: None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb. None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not even have passports, which given the efficiency of the UK Passport Agency would mean they couldn't be a plane bomber for quite some time. Some dude had a confession beaten out of him in Pakistan, and the security forces went nuts. So is all the millions of pounds in lost revenue and security forces worth it? Someone must think so. Maybe the panic was legitimate, maybe it wasn't, but it does seem an over-reaction. I don’t think it’s particularly being hidden, conspiracy style. I mean: None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb. None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not even have passports, which given the efficiency of the UK Passport Agency would mean they couldn’t be a plane bomber for quite some time.

Some dude had a confession beaten out of him in Pakistan, and the security forces went nuts. So is all the millions of pounds in lost revenue and security forces worth it? Someone must think so. Maybe the panic was legitimate, maybe it wasn’t, but it does seem an over-reaction.

]]> By: Lyle http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/08/14/theoretical-conspiracies/#comment-2143 Lyle Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:42:39 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/08/14/theoretical-conspiracies/#comment-2143 Not necessarily The Government in its entirety, no. As you say, I don't think the Home Office in general (and John Reid in particular) could pour piss out of a boot without fucking it up along the way. But the wonderful "security forces"? Yeah, that has potential. Not necessarily The Government in its entirety, no. As you say, I don’t think the Home Office in general (and John Reid in particular) could pour piss out of a boot without fucking it up along the way.

But the wonderful “security forces”? Yeah, that has potential.

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