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Shoot ‘em in the head

Add comment August 4th, 2005

Police chiefs around the world have been advised to broaden their policies and to shoot suspected terrorists in the head. The definition of suspected terrorists is: wearing a heavy coat in warm weather, carrying a backpack with protrusions or visible wires, nervousness, excessive sweating or an unwillingness to make eye contact.

According to the newspaper, the new guidelines also say the threat does not have to be "imminent" – as in traditional police training – an officer just needs to have a "reasonable basis" for believing a suspect can detonate a bomb."

Of retribution

Add comment March 31st, 2002

I once had a friend who I related to really, really well. Then she tired of me and didn't want anything to do with me, but interestingly enough she still read my journal. I was angry for a while, but was pleased she was still interested in what was happening in my life. However, my last entry about blogs and bloggers seemed to strike some kind of nerve with her for some reason. She has her own journal, which I visit pretty much on a daily basis - probably for the same reason she visits mine.

September 9/11

Add comment September 11th, 2001

Along with America and the rest of the world, I'm in shock, and have been for the entire day. What a sad and horrifying day this been…

Terrorists have co-ordinated the hijacking of 4 planes and have destroyed the World Trade Centre in New York, along with a plane impacting into the Pentagon. Another plane was possibly aimed at Camp David, but crashed before it reached there. Thousands of people dead.

I've never been as shocked about something as I have been about this. It's like a heavy feeling in my stomach, and I've been in a dazed mood all day.