DisOrientated - A Weblog by Philip Sen - Spoof

July 29, 2004

Spoof - Preparing for Emergencies

Haven't had so much fun in ages. Discovered this site by a pony-tailed geek at a British university - http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/.

It's actually a parody of this official government site - http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk/ - and earned the nerd a reprimand from the civil service.

From what I've read, every household in the UK is being issued with a booklet on what to do to prepare for terrorist attacks. But I and (I think) many of my compatriots honestly don't think that terrorism is the greatest danger facing us.

After all, the IRA spent 30 years bombing us (variously sponsored by sympathisers in Libya, not to mention certain 'Irish Americans' in Boston and elsewhere) and no such leaflet was printed.

We already have one of the most effective counter-terrorist strategies in the world. Yes, people should be vigilant but during my lifetime terrorism has been a threat that we're aware of and accustomed to. The Northern Ireland question is being addressed, however ineffectively, only after the gunmen have laid down their arms after decades of no success.

Frankly I think that the most serious problems in the world are caused by environmental pollution, poverty and motor car accidents. No-one's ever suggested that cars are banned because they kill hundreds of people every day, much less that companies stop pumping out pollutants that are going to cause much more long-term lethal effects on the global populace. And poverty and the discontent it raises is and always has been the undisputed champion when it comes to killing people (and breeding terrorists).

The place where terrorism really is a threat right now is Iraq. Only yesterday 128 people were killed - 128. I bet they haven't been issued with any booklets.

Posted by Sendover at July 29, 2004 03:18 PM | TrackBack

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I thought that Japan had a pretty effective anti terror system until I woke up to here that somebody had loosed saran in Tokyo. On the other hand I do agree that Britain has one of the best Intel groups on earth and has a vigilant population.

Issuing booklets is a scare tactic; it gets people worried to distract them from other issues of the day. If Britain really wants to protect its self from attack then it should start to distance its self from the Bush administration and to raise a fuss about prisoner abuses and aid for alliances.

The best defense is not to make more enemies than you can help, most terrorists don't have anything personal against Britain and are only a threat because of its one sided alliance with America in the war on terror. The biggest cries of militants are issues that Britain has no involvement with.

Britain still has a chance to be the good cop while America is the bad cop, but their prime minister is fast becoming too intoxicated by being a coalition partner to be objective any more and is picking up enemies of America who don't really have anything against Britain.

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