Global terrorism thread

IIRC, someone pulled a stunt like that in a college a few months ago.

edit- Nevermind, was remembering a faked story.

edited 4th Jul '15 8:10:00 AM by carbon-mantis

Unfortunately, laws prohibiting murder prevent such a scenario from becoming an immediately corrected problem.

Somewhat more seriously, even before post-9/11 "security theater", airport security had absolutely no sense of humor about that kind of thing.

Airport security have no sense of humour about anything. Ever. Especially in the US, they're infamous, have been for decades.

They're security. Their job isn't to have a sense of humor. Want humor, talk to comedians.

Of course! Professional comedians are the only people who can take a joke!

Well, not all of 'em...

Another daft case of arresting someone under terrorist offences - this time while recording a message of condolence for victims of terrorism...^note some guards just don't like folks taking pictures of the premises they're guarding, and he refused to delete the footage. That happened to me once too, though I complied and didn't get in trouble. Your judgement regarding whether the guy would have been in any less trouble if he were white...

edited 4th Jul '15 3:40:01 PM by betaalpha

I cant tell you how many times I've taken pictures in public places and no one has ever hassled me [is white].

Turks protesting the treatment of Uighurs in China attack Korean tourists by mistake: http://www.france24.com/en/20150704-turks-protesting-against-china-attack-koreans-mistake

This is like some kind of awful racist joke come to life.

It doesn't matter what race you are. I've been hassled myself. Photographers Rights are an issue in this country where taking photographs in public is increasingly frowned upon due to fears of paedophilia and terrorism.

The Metropolitan Police have even offered advice to photographers. However, a private location, such as a shopping centre, can make their own rules.

edited 5th Jul '15 12:41:59 AM by Greenmantle

Whaaaat?!

My guess is that people are assuming that photographers may be casing the joint.

Quite. If you're obviously a tourist in an touristy area, most of the time you'll be fine. Otherwise, if you're a Rail Enthusiast, Bus Enthusiast or a Car Enthusiast in a fairly ordinary area, you'll probably get questioned at least once.

And there have been numerous cases of Plane Spotters ending up in prison in the Middle East.

edited 5th Jul '15 1:10:46 AM by Greenmantle

... Plane spotters? Why?

They were accused of Espionage.

Sounds like it's getting a little ridiculous over there.

Well, they were spying, in the literal sense of "I spy something that begins with A" "Airplane!"

Use words, thats what they're for.

Six Israeli Arab teachers arrested for joining Daesh and attempting to recruit children: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197762#.VZrvDueFPkw

Afghans on alert amid reports of Pakistani helicopters supplying weapons to Taliban in the Barmal district: https://www.khaama.com/afghan-forces-on-alert-amid-reports-pakistani-helicopters-helping-taliban-1251

Deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Dawlat Waziri, told reporters on Monday that the Afghan forces have been instructed to use all force to react and stop Pakistani helicopters from assisting the Taliban militants.

edited 6th Jul '15 2:13:56 PM by MayuZane

But a picture can be worth a thousand of them. In this case, though, it's only worth two: Exeggcute and Exeggcutor. It's a joke on how they just won't stop it with the executions.

I assumed that everyone did.

edited 6th Jul '15 2:40:17 PM by TheHandle

Then just say that next time. Not everyone knows Pokemon.

Adding a note or spoilering the explanation would help those of us who missed the joke.

Inside the Saudi prison that's home to a new wave of jihadis.

A good opinion piece about how the media has over-hyped the terrorist threat. What particularly annoyed me is how the Air Force cancelled a July 4th celebration because it was scared of a terrorist attack. Haven't they realized by now that doing this sort of thing means the terrorists win?

Political culture in the West is deeply risk-aversive. The presumption is that all it will take is one mass killing incident, and careers will be ruined. No one wants to be the guy in charge when that happens.