UK anti-terrorist ads
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- ribit
Does anyone else find this newspaper ad worrying?
http://www.liberalconspiracy.org…
Is it safe for me to look at CCTV cameras or should I avert my eyes if one starts to come into view?
- Horp0
They seem to be designed to turn everyone into nervous wrecks.
- I'm more worried about it turning everyone into criminals.. if we take photos, or have eyes.ribit
- the world is soon to be one sprawling police state.ipissexcellence
- ribit0
good material for remixes tho...
http://boingboing.net/2008/03/05…
- ribit0
Remixes of the paranoid London police "anti-terror"/suspect your neighbours posters:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/0…
- Autokern0
Anyone has ever verified how effective (to fight terrorism, not to rise paranoia) this stuff is?
- stem0
The only think I find worrying about them is how bad they are.
I find them misleading. I don't see what their aim is.Isn't it the governments responsibility to keep us safe from terror. Or do we have to that ourselves too?
- Autokern0
I guess they're just trying to aware self awareness
but to me that campaign seems jut a witch-hunt
- Stugoo0
I saw one advert that had pictures of house hold products in the bin... 'be alert' or something.. then a spiel about household objects being used for a bomb... whats next? educting the public on how to make a bomb so that we can fight back? ha!
i remember when pipe bomb diagrams were done with ascii.- I saw this too... the biggest flaw is WHAT ARE THEY IN THE BIN?! someone could just pick them out and make a bombflashbender
- Khurram0
OMG! BABIES! AND BLONDE WOMEN!!!
OH THE HUMANITY!!
- moth0
I'm doing the maths in my head - but haven't there been like 60 - max - deaths in the UK in the last 10 years directly attributable to terrorism?
That's fuck all compared to drink, drugs, car crashes...
- stem0
Terrorism isn't worth the worry...
- vaxorcist0
in NY, you can check the institute for applied autonomy's "Path of Least Surveillance' website...
- MrMackem0
"Designers didn't notice of the content of the posters on this police site. They were too busy wondering why they had not removed the crop marks on the pdf's"
- 23kon0
The most effective and cost effective way to stop terrorism is to stop, search and question people who fit the description of current terrorist groups within the UK.
The police cannot do this as it would mean stopping ethnic minorities, and that would be seen as them being racist.
So instead to keep the 'balance' right, they have to stop people like you, me, your mum, your gran.
And this is a complete waste of taxpayers money.This scaremongering advertising is a load of nonsense too and a complete waste of taxpayers money.
I mentioned this following point in another thread;
the other week there was a press release about "terror training" people who work in the public sector are meant to be getting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/79…
One of the lines ..."The updated strategy will increase the focus on challenging individuals and groups who undermine the UK's "shared values" - even if they are not breaking the law."
Forgive me if i'm wrong in suggesting this ... but doesnt that statement make all these bankers (who took risks with UK savers money) terrorists?
Like Moth said, we do have far bigger problems in the UK than terrorism. I'm pretty sure that all the drink, drugs and car crashes dont even add up to the BILLIONS that have been lost thanks to these corrupt bankers.
I'd rather see billboards of these corrupt bankers put up everywhere, especially in their local neighbourhoods lol, so that people can suitable acknowledge these bankers as they pass them in the street and act accordingly.
- ribit0
original PDFs here:
http://www.met.police.uk/campaig…
- flashbender0
- Stupid Googly-eyed St. Pancras.Nairn
- Someone appears to have painted them a rather pooey shade of brownshitehawke
- http://images.allmov…Nairn
- super high tech camouflage. I didn't see them until after I took the pic, they were that well hidden!flashbender
- moth0
Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me.
- stem0
hostile reconnaissance
Not only are we all under surveillance, but we are now all surveyors, recording stuff anywhere and everywhere. And as we have seen with the heart attack guy caught in the recent protests in london, the balance of power has been neutralised and now the authorities are having cameras shoved in their faces... and guess what... they don't like it
- Bluejam0
i'd blame Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO for such a shit campaign and i'd blame the Met Police for paying them for such shit creative. however i don't think we'll be seeing this campaign (or others) for too long since the Met have found other ways to waste away their money...
- GeorgesII0
to my UK friends,
I don't know if this went under the radar, but you do realize that all the thing you are posting online, every site you're visiting, your personal email will be stocked in a database for a min of one year.
you are all considered terrorist anyways.*gives up
- You think this isn't on the cards in the EU too? More fool you!Nairn
- yeah but since monday, its officially started in UK, thats my point, I don't think they'll stop there, that would be foolishGeorgesII
- I think half the problem is everyones vague understanding of what's being tracked.ribit
- website tracking not happening yet:
http://news.bbc.co.u…ribit - ..but its still bad. Complain to your MP here: http://www.theyworkf…ribit
- You mean they are only just admitting on starting monday...set