Monday, September 1, 2008

Fear Is The Best Policy

 
      click on image for legible size. Photo by gruntzooki

This photo was posted on Flickr a few days ago.  I have no reason to believe its not genuine.  Because you can't make this shit up.  Click for larger to read the actual copy.  Better be specific next time someone asks you about your travel plans.  And delete that Al Jazeera bookmark. There is another poster targeting suspicious river traffic.  But that is so outlandish I'm not 100% sure its real. 

What amazes me about all this is that the British went through the whole thing before with the IRA.  There was none of this insanity at that time.  Arguably, the IRA threat was far more material than any posed by jihadis, and the Irish blended in so well you couldn't spot them.  Maybe that's the difference, that the Irish weren't that different.  Muslims, on the other hand can often be spotted because of their skin color, dress, accent, etc.