Marguerite
Active Member
Some breaking news - as you may be aware, US President George W Bush is in Sydney at the moment for the APEC conference, along with a number of other world leaders. Security has been really tight and a big issue for us Aussies, because we just don't get this sort of thing usually. We've been told - this is still fairly scaled down, by US standards.
But the security fences, the extreme restrictions - they've been chafing some of our comedians. We have a mob who do a program called "The Chaser's War on Everything..." sort of like Michael Moore, with punchlines. Only Michael Moore claims to have a social conscience, these guys are more like schoolboys out of control.
Well today they may have gone a bit too far. They climbed into a couple of limousines, one with a Canadian flag on it, and drove through security like any other motorcade. They got within metres of the Intercontinental Hotel, where all these dignitaries are staying, well within the high security fence, and began to pile out, including one of them dresses up as Osama bin Laden. They do all this on camera and whatever they get away with, they aim to screen - although I doubt we'll see any of this on TV tonight.
Our Foreign Minister is claiming that because they were eventually caught (and they intended no harm) that it shows security was working. But I think he's being simplistic - if they had wanted to, if they had chosen to REALLY impersonate the Canadians, a lot of harm could have been done, if they had been terrorists. It has shown up a hole in security. Aussie political leaders collectively have egg on their faces. Nobody has said anything about what George W or Hu Jintao think of any of this. Let alone the Canadians!
At the moment the boys are "helping police with their enquiries". I'm wondering if rubber hoses feature anywhere in the picture...
Marg
But the security fences, the extreme restrictions - they've been chafing some of our comedians. We have a mob who do a program called "The Chaser's War on Everything..." sort of like Michael Moore, with punchlines. Only Michael Moore claims to have a social conscience, these guys are more like schoolboys out of control.
Well today they may have gone a bit too far. They climbed into a couple of limousines, one with a Canadian flag on it, and drove through security like any other motorcade. They got within metres of the Intercontinental Hotel, where all these dignitaries are staying, well within the high security fence, and began to pile out, including one of them dresses up as Osama bin Laden. They do all this on camera and whatever they get away with, they aim to screen - although I doubt we'll see any of this on TV tonight.
Our Foreign Minister is claiming that because they were eventually caught (and they intended no harm) that it shows security was working. But I think he's being simplistic - if they had wanted to, if they had chosen to REALLY impersonate the Canadians, a lot of harm could have been done, if they had been terrorists. It has shown up a hole in security. Aussie political leaders collectively have egg on their faces. Nobody has said anything about what George W or Hu Jintao think of any of this. Let alone the Canadians!
At the moment the boys are "helping police with their enquiries". I'm wondering if rubber hoses feature anywhere in the picture...
Marg