I love the internet.
Here’s the government’s new strategy for catching terrorists:
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You can just hear the rubbing of image-doctoring hands in glee at seeing this.
Here’s my favourite so far :
by Mr Atrocity
And here are some more courtesy of Boing Boing. Lovely.
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They’re both parodies - right?
Mark - unfortunately the first one is 100% real.
http://www.met.police.uk/campaigns/campaign_ct_2008.htm
Well, I’d better be careful then.
You better had!
I was at Victoria Station in London a few weeks ago waiting for a train to Brighton and I noticed this old green gate in the middle of two adverts. It looked really nice. an odd juxtaposition of old and new, so I got my camera out to take a picture. Before I could frame it up this guy appears and tells me I’m not allowed to do that.
“What take a picture”
“Yeah. Security measures. You could be casing the place for an attack.”
“It’s a gate.”
“You could be casing the place for an attack.”
“I could also be taking a photo of a gate.”
“Security measures.”
“Can I just take this one photo and then get my train?”
“No Sir.”
This was a normal steward, so I went to find the police and ask then what was up. They were a but more helpful, but still overly paranoid.
I ended up (to make a point) doing what they told me to do. Put my name down and sign in to the station as a photographer, get a pass, go and take pictures (in my case ONE picture), take my pass back, sign out, then be on my way.
I also have two phones. Apparently that is also a sure sign I’m a terrorist.
And (as Antonio will find out tomorrow) a beard.
I’m pretty sure that the wisdom of crowds will render this campaign pretty useless…the time has gone where anyone could hope to use the internet to create lots of little McCarthys.
~biff~
Hehe - you do sound a bit dodgy Biff. I think you should just turn yourself in right away.
Seriously though, it’s all a bit depressing really.
It is depressing.
I try not to think of it too much, but there is a slow and subtle erosion of liberties happening.
“Don’t look at the war on tv, focus on the enemy next door.” That seems to be the only message I can draw from this campaign and others like it.
That’s it, I’m just going to have to keep my camera hidden under my coat!
Just found you from Etsy storque and oh my I have so much to learn. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and advice.
@Laura: No problem!
That’s just so astonishing and laughable in equal measure!
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