sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

..i would have thought that was the next likely targets. moff on holiday on monday.....thank god

good luck to anyone with friends or family caught up in the **** today

OllyK

I would hope that the security around airports would make that unlikely, far easier targets out there TBH and ones that will create huge disruption, as we have seen already today.

EvilKyote

I think now the security is so tight it makes it difficult, and even the slightest hint of a plane being off flight pass without a damn good reason means a load of fighters scrambled to escort and if need be shoot it down before reaching any area of population.

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

spose your right. public transport was always going to be the soft option

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

well heathrow has been shut already today

moses

i worried about footie stadiums imagine 60 thousand or 50 thousand people in a footie stadium and all it needs is 4 terrorists or bombs in each corner to cause devastation

their should be more security for them as well

Tiggs

How much easier is it for baddies to cause mass panic and "conversation" nowadays with 24/7 TV.

Todays problems, while tragic, are getting the same TV coverage as 9/11 did - and is being called "our 9/11". Yet the death toll and destruction is not a million miles away from something like the Paddington train crash.

It seems that nowadays terrorists dont need massive bombs (and the risk that goes with planting them) just small bombs and sky news and they have people worrying about all sorts of stuff!

I would say you are more likley to kill yourself than get blown up on a plane this week......bit of perspective needed.

T

spireite

i would hope not my brother flys back from turkey saturday morning with 2 suitcase s full of la coste . ive rung him and told him to send the suitcases on the train though just incase

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

i must admit that i am so acident prone a mid air crisis is prolly the least of my worries

G-STAR

I hope not, I'm going abroad tomorrow evening.

gsm1

The media will blow this all out of proportion as per usual because these events give them a hard-on.

I don't want to make light of today's events but let's put this in some kind of perspective.

How many people will have died today from road accidents, MRSA etc etc. Even with today's events the likelihood of you being killed by a terrorist is very small.

spireite

hopefully none of your family were in london or died in road accidents today

Tiggs

and hopefully none of yours died from a heart attack - which is more likely!

the point is perspective.....funny as last week we were being told 30,000 kids die a day from poverty - theres some perspective!

moses

i doubt it was even al qaida , it would have been alot bigger if it was and lets say for example it was osamas mob maybe he didnt want to use a bigger bomb or maybe it was a warning, or maybe he didnt want to bomb his beloved london where his team arsenal come from, i doubt it though

gsm1

I live in London and my sister works in the city and takes the bus there. I don't know what point you're exactly trying to make.

scoobynutta555

The easiest targets are the thousands of pylons across the country. many miles from anybody and anything. Knock out the national grid and you see how quickly things grind to a halt.

spireite

blown out of all proportion . road accidents are exactly that accidents bombs on buses and train lines are murder .

gsm1

Read the thread and read my response. Accidents or murder, death is death. That doesn't change the possibility of dying.

spireite

so basically your saying people die every day ,who gives a toss

gsm1

No, I didn't say that. Don't put words in my mouth. Try and read what I said. It was in response to people's fears of being involved in another terrorist attack.

Oh, and btw, I just spoke to my sister and she took the bus this evening back home as well from the city. If you want to add to all the hysteria then fine but that's the last thing we should be doing.

spireite

here is what you said , its not a case of the media blowing things out of proportion ,its a case of mass murder .