What could possibly go wrong?
Posted at 07:55:02
on Wed, March 05th 2008 by graham
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So, the Met have created some new anti-terrorism posters, one of which is this gem (via BoingBoing):
Because nothing could possibly go wrong with that in London could it? What with all the tourists and all...
The problem here is twofold:
- The police are trying to make people think cynically about an activity that is carried out by thousands of people in the capital every day.
- People - and it's very important to remember this - are, by and large, idiots.
Now, I'm not saying that anyone will necessarily heed these ads but, if someone does, I wonder how long it'll be before being a brown-skinned, bearded tourist in London becomes a lot less fun.
Also, as has now been pointed out at length, letting "experienced officers" decide what action to take didn't work out so well for Jean Charles de Menezes.
