The Olympics are safe!

[Msterbeau]

Well... At least the protection looks pretty...

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/a...ses_in_chi.html

[ttogreh]

Any terrorist insane enough to try anything in that wiretapped, insular, police state probably is too insane to get past the ticket counter at the airport.

Go to the games, folks. Absolutely nothing bad is gonna happen.

(Except for human rights violations).

[aequorea]

rapid-deployment anti-terrorist police force - on SEGWAYS!!!!

i guess i shouldn't laugh, though - they do have guns. i would hate to have those guys rolling toward me... at 5 mph...

[Msterbeau]

rapid-deployment anti-terrorist police force - on SEGWAYS!!!!

i guess i shouldn't laugh, though - they do have guns. i would hate to have those guys rolling toward me... at 5 mph...

The Segways were definitely a surprise. Maybe they should just mount a cannon on them and use the gyroscopes to keep them from tipping over.

[aequorea]

The Segways were definitely a surprise. Maybe they should just mount a cannon on them and use the gyroscopes to keep them from tipping over.

ya know, if you got the balance right that would have some interesting possibilities...

independently advancing remote-controlled artillery!

i remember seeing airport security on segways at amsterdam schipol. i giggled

[Msterbeau]

ya know, if you got the balance right that would have some interesting possibilities...

independently advancing remote-controlled artillery!

Whoa!! That's a killer idea. Pun intended...

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

forget teh segways... wtf are those grey/silver baton thingys? They kinda look like fire hose ends... kinda...

and why in the hell would they need flame throwers?

[Msterbeau]

forget teh segways... wtf are those grey/silver baton thingys? They kinda look like fire hose ends... kinda...

and why in the hell would they need flame throwers?

In case someone gets in the way of a Chinese athlete getting a medal?

[ttogreh]

Gaf, the whole thing was staged as intimidation towards those that would make trouble.

The best flame thrower is the one that never needs to be used.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

If it were not a Chinese thing.. I would buy that ttogreh.... I could really see them using a flame thrower for crowd control though. See "Man Vs. Tank" for my reasoning.