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The UK terror threat level is being reduced from "severe" to "substantial", the home secretary has announced.


The new alert level means the risk of a terrorist attack is considered to be a "strong possibility" and "might well occur without further warning"



So that's good then, as long as it can occur anytime without warning, that's absolutely fine.


I think an arbitrary system like the DoHS's colour-coded one, or maybe something like Greek Gods would be desirable, without all this tiresome explication.


How much better if today's announcement was Threat Level reduced from Hermes to Demeter and just left at that.

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There could be a "Forum Threat Level" posted at the top of the screen to identify how many weirdos are hanging around at the present time.


The threat levels could be named after weirdos from the past.


Nuclear: Big Bad Wolf

Red: MikeCG

Amber: Tony London Suburbs

Yellow: SteveT

Green: Louisa


It's like a DefCon for the strange.


Alert - The forum would like to draw your attention to today's threat level which is STEVE T. Please remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity, mild racism and misogyny to a member of forum staff. Your assistance is appreciated

per?i?pa?tet?ic (pr-p-ttk)

adj.

1. Walking about or from place to place; traveling on foot.

2. Peripatetic Of or relating to the philosophy or teaching methods of Aristotle, who conducted discussions while walking about in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.

n.

1. One who walks from place to place; an itinerant.

2. Peripatetic A follower of the philosophy of Aristotle; an Aristotelian

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