Worried about terror at 2012 Olympics
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I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in the UK. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in the UK. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
Grow up FFSWhat do you guys think?
Tbh it didn't occur to me to be concerned before you mentioned it, but now you have I've raised my threat level from Meh to Pffft.
If (and it's a big if) the loonies manage to organise anything it'll be small and you're unlikely to be affected, unless they manage a dirty bomb in which case you'll need to avoid London for the duration.
If (and it's a big if) the loonies manage to organise anything it'll be small and you're unlikely to be affected, unless they manage a dirty bomb in which case you'll need to avoid London for the duration.
al-Qaeda couldn't organise a bunfight in a bakery. Look at their "bombs" - curry powder and hair dye.
If they can't even manage to get proper, reliable explosives into the country then the probability of them getting the machine guns and ammo required for this much-hyped 'Mumabi style attack' are very slim indeed. As for a dirty bomb
forget it. They're a bunch of amateurs.
Stop worrying, go to the games and have a great time.
If they can't even manage to get proper, reliable explosives into the country then the probability of them getting the machine guns and ammo required for this much-hyped 'Mumabi style attack' are very slim indeed. As for a dirty bomb
forget it. They're a bunch of amateurs.Stop worrying, go to the games and have a great time.
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in the UK. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
I think you should take it easy on the old paranoia there.What do you guys think?
Brighton Derly said:
al-Qaeda couldn't organise a bunfight in a bakery. Look at their "bombs" - curry powder and hair dye.
If they can't even manage to get proper, reliable explosives into the country then the probability of them getting the machine guns and ammo required for this much-hyped 'Mumabi style attack' are very slim indeed. As for a dirty bomb forget it. They're a bunch of amateurs.
Stop worrying, go to the games and have a great time.
If they can't even manage to get proper, reliable explosives into the country then the probability of them getting the machine guns and ammo required for this much-hyped 'Mumabi style attack' are very slim indeed. As for a dirty bomb
forget it. They're a bunch of amateurs.Stop worrying, go to the games and have a great time.
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in the UK. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
More chance of dying in a horrific car accident on the way there. Grow a pair.What do you guys think?
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in London. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
EFA What do you guys think?
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in the UK. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
Really? What do you guys think?
I mean, think about what you are saying there, and consider just how irrational it is.
I'm really looking forward to missing the Olympics, and wouldn't dignify the appalling waste of money that the 'event' represents by attending anyway. My only worry is the way it will be all over the TV and other media.
I expect the BBC's collective nipples must have exploded with delight when they realised how much licence payers' money they could waste on it.
I expect the BBC's collective nipples must have exploded with delight when they realised how much licence payers' money they could waste on it.
this 'Dirty bomb' business is a load of crap
what would they use that is a radioactive metal powder that can be spread far and wide by an explosive, whilst not being mostly melted into lumps by that same explosion?
and how far could an explosion spread it? a backpack bomb? spread it, ooh, yards?
a massive truck bomb, with a few hundred kilos of radioactive material that they've managed to put together without leaving a trail of dead terrorists with radiation sickness, might scatter it two hundred yards?
maybe they'd go to chernobyl and get a few tonnes of radioactive concrete and grind it up into dust
whatever they got they'd be better off just walking around scattering it than blowing it up
and even then, there may be a slightly higher risk of certain cancers for people who hang around the area for a while
what would they use that is a radioactive metal powder that can be spread far and wide by an explosive, whilst not being mostly melted into lumps by that same explosion?
and how far could an explosion spread it? a backpack bomb? spread it, ooh, yards?
a massive truck bomb, with a few hundred kilos of radioactive material that they've managed to put together without leaving a trail of dead terrorists with radiation sickness, might scatter it two hundred yards?
maybe they'd go to chernobyl and get a few tonnes of radioactive concrete and grind it up into dust
whatever they got they'd be better off just walking around scattering it than blowing it up
and even then, there may be a slightly higher risk of certain cancers for people who hang around the area for a while
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in the UK. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
This can't be a serious post.What do you guys think?
If it is then you have serious anxiety issues.
AndrewW-G said:
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in London. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
EFA What do you guys think?
Out of London venues:
City of Coventry Stadium Eton Dorney Hadleigh Farm, Essex Hampden Park Lee Valley White Water Centre Millennium Stadium Old Trafford St James' Park Weymouth and Portland
mrmr96 said:
I want to go to watch some of the Olympics, what with it being a 'once in a lifetime' event that it's being held in the UK. However I can't shake my concern that The Games are a massive and obvious target for a terror attack. I think that if I bought tickets this worry would spoil my enjoyment, so it's putting me off.
What do you guys think?
It's the 2020 Olympics that have me really worried.What do you guys think?
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