Sellafield - why a bomb wasn't 'news'
Skeptik | 13.12.2007 18:13 | Terror War
Anyone catch this little article tucked away in the 'News in Brief' section of the Guardian yesterday?
'Search for Sellafield man missing after bomb find'
Police are looking for a Sellafield contract worker who is missing after a bomb was found at his home. Darren Morris, 30, was recently employed at the nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria as part of an external contract team. Bomb disposal experts were called to his home in Egremont, Cumbria, on Monday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered. A 100-metre cordon was placed around the property and a neighbouring house was evacuated as the "small, rudimentary device" was made safe. Morris was said to be about 1.7 metres (5ft 7in) tall, with a distinctive scar on his neck.
Sorry - a BOMB in the home of a nuclear power station worker hardly gets a mention! Where's the front page screaming 'TERRORIST!" and "DAY EVIL!".
Now why could that be? Possibilities include the need to downplay the massive threat of nuclear if it becomes a target for terrorists ( you remember them? We live in constant threat of their attacks don't we?) Another reason could be that the guy doesn't appear to be a Muslim. Well that's one final reassurance when we get blasted apart or radiated - at least this wasn't a religious or political act. I personally would feel so much happier knowing I'd been wiped out by a bog-standard nutter.
'Search for Sellafield man missing after bomb find'
Police are looking for a Sellafield contract worker who is missing after a bomb was found at his home. Darren Morris, 30, was recently employed at the nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria as part of an external contract team. Bomb disposal experts were called to his home in Egremont, Cumbria, on Monday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered. A 100-metre cordon was placed around the property and a neighbouring house was evacuated as the "small, rudimentary device" was made safe. Morris was said to be about 1.7 metres (5ft 7in) tall, with a distinctive scar on his neck.
Sorry - a BOMB in the home of a nuclear power station worker hardly gets a mention! Where's the front page screaming 'TERRORIST!" and "DAY EVIL!".
Now why could that be? Possibilities include the need to downplay the massive threat of nuclear if it becomes a target for terrorists ( you remember them? We live in constant threat of their attacks don't we?) Another reason could be that the guy doesn't appear to be a Muslim. Well that's one final reassurance when we get blasted apart or radiated - at least this wasn't a religious or political act. I personally would feel so much happier knowing I'd been wiped out by a bog-standard nutter.
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