Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be

[fingertrouble]

Like everyone else heard about the foiled terrorist threat earlier today.

But unlike most rather than thinking this is a great thing, it just reminded me what a doubleplusungood state of affairs we're in at the moment.

Check out this part of the report from the BBC website (as of 11:25):

"BBC home affairs correspondent Andy Tighe said police sources had told him they had found "interesting items" which were being examined.

He said police acted when "something happened".

"Some kind of development that they felt if they held off any longer it could be detremental to public safety."

I feel SO much better now that 'something happened', there was 'some kind of development' and now those tantalisingly vague 'interesting items' are now being examined. I can sleep safer in my bed knowing exactly fuck all of what's going on, and that they don't even know if there are 'sub-plots' or not. Even though apparently they've been tracking these people for months (woo! great intelligence!):

"Police have arrested about 18 people in the London area after an anti-terrorist operation lasting several months."

I know, I know - it's all for my security and it's State of Emergency. Uhuh. Where have I heard that before?

"Go back to sleep, Great Britain. Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, Britain. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's Love Island. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed, Britain. Here is Big Brother. Here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go, Britain! You are free to do what we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!"

(with apologies to Bill Hicks)