Posted on 07/06/2007 9:47:04 AM PDT by IowaHawk
London - British public safety officials today increased the national alert level to "Quite Elevated Indeed" -- the highest category possible -- and appealed to UK citizens to "keep a sharp lookout for diverse people engaged in activities."
"We ask the public to report any behaviors by various people that may or may not be of a suspicious nature," said Lt. Clive Jameson of the Metropolitan Police Service. "We further ask the public to be especially vigilant for activities of broad stratas of people who may be from countries of some sort, especially those within the eastern and/or western hemisphere."
The elevated alert levels come on the heels of a week when London and Glasgow narrowly escaped potential events that intelligence experts say may have been related to diverse groups of people doing things. Initially police had specifically asked the public for information relating to doctors driving automobiles, but that initial warning brought angry denunciations from the British Medical Association and the UK Automobile Association.
"This directive unfairly singles out and targets British medical professionals, a great many of whom are loyal and patriotic citizens," complained Dr. Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the BMA. "The fact that some of the people involved in the recent unfortunate events may have been doctors is totally coincidental, just as if they had been accountants, plumbers, or random members of a deranged apocalyptic religious cult."
Sir Trevor Chinn, Chairman of the UKAA, warned that the earlier directive would "spark a backlash against the British motoring community and promote a climate of fear and carophobia."
On Tuesday, new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with representatives of the medical and car communities and announced that the government would henceforth prohibit occupational and transportational profiling by public officials. Brown said further government communications would prohibit the use of certain prejudicial words like "doctor," "Vauxhall," "podiatrist," "propane," "Asia," "drive," "ticking noises," "panic," and "the." Brown also announced the formation of a blue ribbon multicultural community advisory board chaired by Dr. Mohammed Ibn-Yasin of the UK Islamic Podiatric and Car Bombing Club...
More UK alert information Here
This is a joke, right?
Good one!
However, Gordon Brown hasn't gone far enough. Just call the terrorists Fluffy Pink Bunnies so the public won't get scared...
Be easier just to watch out for muzzy males.
Can't get ANYthing by you!
Rather funny...wot?
Iowahawk, when are you going to give us the lowdown on algore, III’s Prius race car? I think he was redlining that automobile at 100 MPH.
I will be sure to keep an eye out for people doing things, too.
I see this as bureaucrat speak for "Keep your eyes on them shifty Muslims." Is there some other reasonable translation I'm just missing?
Is there really a “Car Bombing Club”? My gosh, you’d think they’d look first there.
Well, now, be fair - they did get more specific than that. The suspects may or may not have beards, they might be male or perhaps female, and they're either driving Mercedes Benzes or not. Things to look for are the presence or absence of propane bottles, "I (heart) Jihad" t-shirts, or bumper stickers that say "Mass Murder Is Just Another Way Of Saying Hello."
The important thing to remember is that for every person cutting your throat there are four or five who aren't. Accentuate the positive. Break the cycle of violence.
This is funny.
“Well, That Didn’t Work Out So Great By Kahlid Ahmed, MD”
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2007/07/that-didnt-go-s.html
Miss Hoosegow 2007 is going to be April or maybe Heather.
Great stuff as always, Iowahawk (Dave).
I absolutely LOVED your “Well, That Didn’t Work Out So Great” piece. I nearly wet myself laughing. “A half hour with a spatula and ten cans of Pam”!!!
I think it’ll be April.
Well, we eliminate street maintanance workers then. They are never doing anything. So that leaves everybody else.
One never knows if the Brits would actually say something like this in order not to "upset" the muzzies.
The tragedy is you have to think about it for a split second. If you cannot name the enemy, you cannot win.
Good glory - what an inane statement. This is what happens when you are twisting yourself in knots to avoid "offending" anyone. You end up talking out of the wrong orifice
Not one of your best, Iowahawk. Terrorism isn’t ready for the borscht belt circuit yet.
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