I'm sitting here listening to some wanker expound to some TV newsreader, whose intelligence rivals that of my dog, on the great topics of terrorism etc. In case "whose" lacks specificity, let it apply to either or both.<br /><br />Needless to say, although it's not stated in the interview, the wanker seems like a former medium level nobody who once walked past a building which had some people in it who received government mail from some of the countries where naughty things sometimes happen. <br /><br />He reminds me of the post-war joke about people who arrived here from Europe. As they came off the ship, they announced: "Yes, I am chichuaha, but in Germany I was an Alsatian!".<br /><br />The only people who appear on TV on "terrorism" (great word - meaningless term) are:<br /><br />- politicians and their clones beating their own drum<br />- "terrorists" or other lunatics and nutcases with access to a video camera and credulous TV stations<br />- "terrorism" experts whose credentials are never demonstrated and which don't exist, because the people who are actually even remotely involved in anything vaguely important aren't available for TV, or other public statemennts.<br /><br />A long, long time ago I had a security clearance that still hasn't been heard of publicly. I did some boring routine things that people don't realise happen on a daily basis in every Western country, not that they're in the least exciting or even very interesting except they get you out of the office. <br /><br />The "experts" I see yapping on the TV are probably about as well informed as I was. Which is to say, they know nothing. <br /><br />Except how to promote themselves. <br /><br />Funny how so many of them have "security" companies and the like, all chasing work.
