Today's anti-terrorist picture

[chrishansenhome]

You may have seen some of the truly odious billboards that the police have scattered around the United Kingdom encouraging people to rat on their neighbours if, for example, you aren't familiar with what they're putting in their bins. Or you don't like the fact that all the men in the house next door wear beards and go to the mosque on Friday. Or they keep to themselves so they must be terrorists. Or something.

I was wondering when someone would put up a site allowing you to put your own slogan on the billboard—and now someone has.

Here's my take.

Comments

[keith-london.livejournal.com]

I appreciate your points. However, you can't deny peoples' natural feelings. Of course bearded men shouldn't be persecuted. Luckily most of us know that. The reverse of this I suggest is the Asian community denying the existence of radicals in their midst, possibly exploiting those communities. I'm afraid the benefit of doubt is over, ever since London's 7/7.

As far as I'm concerned, Pakistan has become a breeding ground for extremist terrorists, all under the cloak of religion (i.e madrassas). Quite frankly, that's their problem. But if they are imported over here, then we the public need to rat on them, definitely. If my neighbour - whether they wear beards or not - suddenly stock up on tonnes of ammonia "fertiliser", I'm not going to wait till that bomb goes off in a shopping centre before I go to the police!