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Originally Posted by shillelagh
A question for you in the 70's, 80's and 90's how many of you got on a plane with a person with an irish accent? Everybody did. How many of them do you think were members of the UVF, INLA and IRA etc? You dont know you might have been sat next to IRA chief of staff or the top bomber you just dont know but how many times did people refuse to get on a flight because there was someone with an irish accent sat next to them?
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Interesting point well done
In the 70's,80's,90's, there were posters telling everyone to look out for suspect items that could be bombs all over the railways and transports system, rubbbish bins were removed too. Be safe, be alert to bombs.
Thing is if they were irish you'd notice, this would put you on alert, even though they maybe innocent, you'd watch to check. This is the being alert bit.
If they started messing about going into the train toilets and looking under the seats , you'd think that was suspicious and you'd say something. As I'm sure people did.
It's all to do with the suspicious behaviour and being safe not sorry. It's like the stop and seach policy, it's all the same thing.