It’s not immediately after the DSEi but it is after. So here is the story of yesterday:
Arriving on the docklands light railway to the ExCeL exibition I was surrounded by serious looking people in suits. As we got off the train, a passenger on the train at the platform opposite shouted ‘YOUR WORK IS DEATH’ just as the doors on his carrige closed. There was an incredible police and security presence and that was all I saw of protesters all day. In the queue to go through the four levels of security checks, there was a banner advertising sniper bullets. It had a picture of a beer mat that had been shot four times at a distance of 1.2km. Seems the protester on the train was right!
So I wandered round the excibition for the rest of the day, checking out the competition and looking at pistols, knives, sub-machine guns, mortars, grenades, millitary swords, sniper rifles, cruise missiles, remote controlled mounted machine guns, all kinds of vehicles and many other weapons. Death certainly was the order of the day. There was some very cool communication and intergration technology on display too, which I really enjoyed looking at. I also got to heaft a sub-machine gun on the Heckler and Kosh stand, it was heavier that I was expecting!
The people there were almost as interesting as the stands, millitary looking people from all areas, Pakistan, South Africa, Canada, Switzerland, to name but a few. People in uniforms too, navy, army, police and ambulance. All in all it was a combination of very cool and slightly scary.
The food wasn’t great either.
check indymedia uk for what the protesters were up to. they did stop DLR trains and other, blocked roads and shouted abuse of arms fair visitors. I kind of see their point, mostly with regard to selling arms and the like to countries that seriously repress their populations.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2005/dsei/
with lots of pictures of what happened outside.
Why people must get so upset about the demise of a beermat I will never know…?
Another great one from Google…
Random Task. Robs Randomness exposed … it was a combination of very cool and slightly scary. The food wasn’t great either.
Speaking of very cool and slightly scary, (didn’t try the food)….
In light of the “Gay Chicken” games I witnessed this weekend, I feel that everyone there (especially those who participated) should take the Gay Test to see exactly how gay they are: http://www.channel4.com/gayometer
I am 53% gay… I scored right in the middle and I am a happy and well adjusted hetero babe!
Seems like I’m only 36% gay :p
I’m 33% gay, almost like an arrow you could say 😛
30%, which kinda surprises me! I’d have expected so much more!
I just find this whole ‘Gay Chicken’ rather alarming, as for everyone trying to find out how gay they are, ..hmmm…, the fact that you need to look, does that not say anything?
You’re right Prophecy, ‘Gay Chicken’ is alarming.
When we saw it on Scrubs it’s hilarious and thought it would be a funny thing to do to break the ice at parties.
Unfortunately we overlooked the fact that if no-one chickens out it ceases to be ‘Gay Chicken’ and in fact becomes just ‘Gay’.
We won’t be going there again.
Well, as for the Gay Test, tryed it. I’m only 13% gay. How it works, I don’t know. But still, Laura at 56% calls herself well adjusted, makes me sound…. well… I don’t know. 13%?
Probably means that you’re not gay enough, you’re gonna have to start camping it up a bit 😛
That’s 53% gay Prophecy 😉
However, the validity “the gay test” should most definitely be questioned in that it appears it is really aiming at measuring social gender (masculine, feminine, androgynous) rather than sexuality. So really, at 13% – maybe you are overly masculine… do you perhaps attempt to overcompensate with the use of extreme masculinity? Any notable insecurities?
Well, he is quite small…!
Cheers Pete.
Anyone else see the irony in the fact that a stream of dialogue on “gayness” takes place under a blog headline having to do with militant arms and weapons? I wonder how gay the U.S. and Royal armies would score…
If I may remark two points…
1 – I fail to see the irony, because what I DO see, I consider a coincidence.
2 – You started it!
WMD are gay.
Gay as in lame… yes. Gay as in homosexual… not too sure about that one. 😉