Clashing Color Codes Controversy

Gemini Cricket · 05-11-2005, 08:19 AM

"The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says."

Ridge Reveals Clashes on Alerts

We're being led by fear. That's lame, but not surprising...

Nephythys · 05-11-2005, 08:31 AM

Only if we are sheep- which I personally am not. I never gave a rats ass about the color code one way or the other.

Name · 05-11-2005, 10:04 AM

The individual is never a sheep, but the population as a whole, behaves and reacts as sheep.

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-11-2005, 10:22 AM

Eh, not surprising. The whole color code thing is just like the bag check at Disneyland - BS to make some people feel better. Of course if those people thought about it a bit more...

Gemini Cricket · 05-11-2005, 10:47 AM

I guess the thing is there are people out there, present company excluded, who don't know they're sheep. I'm not a sheep, but we're being treated like sheep. "This color means everyone is to be afraid. Bah Ram Ewe!"
But keeping with that analogy, has the Dept of Homeland Sec ever heard of the story of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf?' I mean, c'mon. Nobody trusts that system any more...

But, of course, no one will get blamed for this. It's just the dance we do in a post-9/11 world... Bleh.

€uroMeinke · 05-11-2005, 10:58 AM

I like the warning system - when the threat level increases, attendance at DL drops making it more fun for me and Osama.

Gemini Cricket · 05-11-2005, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I like the warning system - when the threat level increases, attendance at DL drops making it more fun for me and Osama.

I just had a weird image of you and Bin Laden in a teacup...

MickeyD · 05-11-2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I just had a weird image of you and Bin Laden in a teacup...

Ok, are those of you who are well versed in photoshop really going to let this opportunity pass?

wendybeth · 05-11-2005, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyD

Ok, are those of you who are well versed in photoshop really going to let this opportunity pass?

Is that a challenge???

(Although I really suck at Photoshop- so I may pass).

Gn2Dlnd · 05-11-2005, 10:58 AM

With all due respect, I'm certainly not a sheep. But when the government decides to raise the threat level, it gives me pause. The news covers it like the second coming, and security guards start asking to look inside my coat. I know that it's bullsh*t, but it's hard to avoid being affected and made to feel a little more anxious.

I'd like to know how New Yorkers feel about this information. Colorado is a long way away from Ground Zero.

05-11-2005, 08:19 AM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Clashing Color Codes Controversy "The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says." Ridge Reveals Clashes on Alerts We're being led by fear. That's lame, but not surprising...
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05-11-2005, 08:31 AM	#2
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	Only if we are sheep- which I personally am not. I never gave a rats ass about the color code one way or the other.
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Name Title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: here Posts: 779	The individual is never a sheep, but the population as a whole, behaves and reacts as sheep. __________________ Signature
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Eh, not surprising. The whole color code thing is just like the bag check at Disneyland - BS to make some people feel better. Of course if those people thought about it a bit more... __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I guess the thing is there are people out there, present company excluded, who don't know they're sheep. I'm not a sheep, but we're being treated like sheep. "This color means everyone is to be afraid. Bah Ram Ewe!" But keeping with that analogy, has the Dept of Homeland Sec ever heard of the story of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf?' I mean, c'mon. Nobody trusts that system any more... But, of course, no one will get blamed for this. It's just the dance we do in a post-9/11 world... Bleh.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I like the warning system - when the threat level increases, attendance at DL drops making it more fun for me and Osama. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	With all due respect, I'm certainly not a sheep. But when the government decides to raise the threat level, it gives me pause. The news covers it like the second coming, and security guards start asking to look inside my coat. I know that it's bullsh*t, but it's hard to avoid being affected and made to feel a little more anxious. I'd like to know how New Yorkers feel about this information. Colorado is a long way away from Ground Zero. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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