The Phantom Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, madmanx90 said: It's a bomb hoax or at least I hope its a hoax. I have no idea where this image originated but it's circulating amongst the kids on Snapchat. Depressingly that's the first thing I thought. Militant TERF who is still enraged by Drag Queens teaching fisting has bomb threated the place! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 If a bomb went off in the castle at least it would not affect the roof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Is that a photo of a policeman carrying an automatic rifle, a pistol strapped to his leg like John Wayne, and using a black balaclava to hide his identity in case the IRA decides to shoot him? In the old days a photo of someone with a black balaclava and a gun was the IRA or some middle-eastern terrorists. These days it's the police. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I hope no dogs get tasered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, HeliX said: Wonder if Energy FM will apologise for their irresponsible "reporting". Quite. Hard to read the text, but you can just make it out. It makes you wonder how sensible this 'investigative reporting' was. No doubt the threat was a bit of mischief, but .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lamb Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 https://www.jointhecops.co.uk/why-do-armed-police-wear-balaclavas/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, hissingsid said: I hope no dogs get tasered. Only a big black very old one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 The busses have all been diverted what a carry on, whatever next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Snaefell Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, The Phantom said: Depressingly that's the first thing I thought. Militant TERF who is still enraged by Drag Queens teaching fisting has bomb threated the place! Depressingly, the first thing I thought was US Evangelist. Considering the amount of non-IOM comments on that original Energy FM "report" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 The message reads; "We placed a bomb in Queen Elizabeth II High School "You are disgusting degenerates and you will die for it. We placed a bomb in the school and at Peel castle. Bombs will soon detonate of the havn't already. Fuck you and your drags queens." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmanx90 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, manxman1980 said: The message reads; "We placed a bomb in Queen Elizabeth II High School "You are disgusting degenerates and you will die for it. We placed a bomb in the school and at Peel castle. Bombs will soon detonate of the havn't already. Fuck you and your drags queens." Sent from littletimmy@qe2.co.im 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 It's the threat to Peel Castle that's the real puzzle. It's not even open for the season yet (MNH sites start from Saturday) so there wouldn't even have been any people in it except a few staff getting things ready or people doing restoration work. It's separated from the rest of the town, so nothing else was affected. And threatening to blow up a ruin is .... odd. It makes you think that, if it was a threat, it came from off-Island and from someone who had never been here and just picked what they thought would be the most prominent place in the town. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ativa Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: It's the threat to Peel Castle that's the real puzzle. It's not even open for the season yet (MNH sites start from Saturday) so there wouldn't even have been any people in it except a few staff getting things ready or people doing restoration work. It's separated from the rest of the town, so nothing else was affected. And threatening to blow up a ruin is .... odd. It makes you think that, if it was a threat, it came from off-Island and from someone who had never been here and just picked what they thought would be the most prominent place in the town. Either way, if Energy hadn’t gone to press with a load of made up rubbish and if the island wasn’t inhabited by so many nobs who jumped on it without understanding what they were commenting on this wouldn’t have happened. Its embarrassing for the island. Edited March 27, 2023 by Ativa 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: It's the threat to Peel Castle that's the real puzzle. It's not even open for the season yet (MNH sites start from Saturday) so there wouldn't even have been any people in it except a few staff getting things ready or people doing restoration work. It's separated from the rest of the town, so nothing else was affected. And threatening to blow up a ruin is .... odd. It makes you think that, if it was a threat, it came from off-Island and from someone who had never been here and just picked what they thought would be the most prominent place in the town. Or it’s kids just fucking about. Kids used to do graffiti in my day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Harry Lamb said: https://www.jointhecops.co.uk/why-do-armed-police-wear-balaclavas/ You can't be serious. A petrol-soaked balaclava is not going to do anyone any good. And they all are required to carry identification anyway. And on the IoM if you want to know who were the police involved in this, try the Manx Arms (public bar) later on this evening. Not many things annoy me (well, maybe quite a few) but British and Manx police concealing their identity is one of them. At a Glasgow/Edinburgh international event a few months ago, did not some of the elite snipers post selfies? I am on holiday at the moment. All the police here carry a pistol on their waistband - no body-armour, not on their leg. If it is necessary for them to shoot someone, do they all carry a balaclava and don it before shooting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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