London car bombs - a cynic speaks

[MrTempleDene]

This is from a site I do actually trust and a writer I respect

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/29/more_fear_biscuits_please/

The "bomb" wouldn't have exploded, might have made a pretty fireball, but no rip roaring devasting explosion!

I was cynical about the whole thing from very early on when I read that witnesses had seen someone "removing" gas cylinders from the car, if they wanted a bang, why take out the bit they thought would make it go bang?

I do think someone somewhere wants us to be scared, and the media love it, so they never stop to consider if there was a realistic threat.

[missymum22]

a client i phoned today , asked where i was from... told her staffordshire....
"oh nowhere near the bombs then"

didn't have a clue what she was on about as id been at work all day!

[smirnoff]

pete, a cynical view? really? how can you possibly be cynical about this hype?:hysterica

honestly, i do think that the security things like mi5 do a great job, but i do think that there are lots of things that could possibly maybe be staged just to get more media hype.

[Seren]

my dh says it is in the governments interest for us all to be scared, he agrees, he was saying this last night.

Maybe I should get him to join MZ to talk conspiracy theories with you?!

[smirnoff]

oo i like tal;king conspiracy theories!!

[Seren]

no don't he doesn't need any encouragement!


he doesn't believe that men landed on the moon!

[MrTempleDene]

he doesn't believe that men landed on the moon!

Now I could have fun debating that one

I've seen the arguments against man landing on the moon, and they're very flaky

[smirnoff]

go on b, this could be fun!! LOL

[ruthie]

Mmm I do beleive they keep us scared so that they can bring in new laws to restrict us, so who knows?

[magsite]

I've not heard about it till midnight last night

[Emsickle]

I always wonder about these controlled explosions - I'm probably being thick here, but how can a controlled explosion differ so much from the explosion that was supposedly going to occur if the bomb had detonated on its own? I'm just glad I live down here, well away from that kind of thing (although it could happen anywhere I know, but less likely here I think)

[MrTempleDene]

I think the idea of a controlled explosion is that they set another explosive device next to the bomb which when it blows up destoys the bomb

it shouldn't set the bomb off itself as it's only a small explosion. Most explosives are nowhere near as volatile as hollywood makes them out to be.

[Emsickle]

I think the idea of a controlled explosion is that they set another explosive device next to the bomb which when it blows up destoys the bomb

it shouldn't set the bomb off itself as it's only a small explosion. Most explosives are nowhere near as volatile as hollywood makes them out to be.

Ahhh right, makes sense ty

[Seren]

Ok, I'll get him to start a Men didn't land on the moon thread for you later!