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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: EK WAFFLR on May 24, 2013, 02:15:29 PM

Title: What the fuck is up with Britain these days?
Post by: EK WAFFLR on May 24, 2013, 02:15:29 PM
http://news.sky.com/story/1095214/fighter-jets-escorting-passenger-plane-to-stansted

QuoteThe airline has confirmed it is for security reasons.
Title: Re: What the fuck is up with Britain these days?
Post by: Cain on May 24, 2013, 02:38:49 PM
Britain has been the capitalist west's very own East Germany since about, oh, 1964.  "Security reasons" can be given for anything from stopping the press reporting on any given story to putting tanks around Heathrow Airport (both of which have happened in the last decade)
Title: Re: What the fuck is up with Britain these days?
Post by: EK WAFFLR on May 24, 2013, 03:44:45 PM
 :horrormirth:

I thought the "Please contact a police officer if you observe any suspicious activity" messages on the metro were 1984-ish enough.
Title: Re: What the fuck is up with Britain these days?
Post by: Cain on May 24, 2013, 05:32:54 PM
To be fair, in this case, two guys were allegedly trying to force their way into the cockpit.
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