Terrorist Threat Level Raised, Britain Responds With Jokes

by Guest Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:33 am

It says a lot about the good people of the UK that when confronted by the threat of a 'highly likely' terrorist attack, our natural response is to take the piss...

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/29/terrorist-threat-level-raised-twitter-responds-with-jokes_n_5737308.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

Is why I am proud to be British.

by Ben Reilly Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:28 pm

I think that's the best way to respond, yes. As Frazzled said yesterday, what else are you supposed to do, start playing Sherlock Holmes every time you set foot out of the house?

by Original Quill Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:50 pm

Didge wrote:It says a lot about the good people of the UK that when confronted by the threat of a 'highly likely' terrorist attack, our natural response is to take the piss...

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/29/terrorist-threat-level-raised-twitter-responds-with-jokes_n_5737308.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

Is why I am proud to be British.

It's a non-moment. The British aren't even paying attention.

It's just another conservative trying to see if Bushisms still work. A "threat-level" is a methodology seeking a fact.