Poll
Question:
Will a terrorist attack occur during the Olympics
Option 1: Yes, inside the Olympic park (Gold)
votes: 2
Option 2: Yes, in the surrounding areas (Silver)
votes: 12
Option 3: Yes, somewhere in Russia (Bronze)
votes: 16
Option 4: Nah, it'll be safe (no medal)
votes: 7
The real question about the Olympics is if someone will be able to pull off a terrorist attack while it's going on.
First option is the Olympic park itself, the gold medal for terrorism. This is the Olympic village and venues and the area within the major security zone.
Second option is the surrounding area, the silver medal for terrorism. This is the hotels, trains and buses that cater to the spectators.
Third option is somewhere in Russia, the bronze medal for terrorism. An attack anywhere in Russia at the time.
For the definition of terrorist attack it should be a bombing, a major hostage taking, or a mass shooting with a political motive. If Boris Borisovich Borisov blows up his local liquor store because they are out of vodka that probably shouldn't count.
I'll go with Silver Medal.
Voted bronze, but I think silver is a possibility.
Voted bronze. I also think there is a distinctly non-zero probability of Russians winning the gold on their own, with an arena collapse or something of that nature.
Voted Silver, because I am an optimist type of person.
L.
Went with the probabilities and voted nothing.
Quote from: DGuller on February 05, 2014, 10:04:49 AM
Voted bronze. I also think there is a distinctly non-zero probability of Russians winning the gold on their own, with an arena collapse or something of that nature.
Did not happen even under Brezhnev, come on.
I say Bronze, since attacks happen regularly in Southern Russia.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 05, 2014, 12:48:53 PM
Went with the probabilities and voted nothing.
I hope not. Apart from the obvious humanitarian reasons, the Olympics are awesome. I hope nothing screws them up; either from terrorism, warm weather, Russian incompetence.
i say nothing will happen. which is kind of symbolic about the winter olympics in general, anyway
I fear the terrorists will get a Silver medal.
Does the thwarted hijacking count?
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 07, 2014, 01:38:34 PM
Does the thwarted hijacking count?
Anything thwarted doesn't count.
Did the Olympics blow up yet.
Quote from: Caliga on February 07, 2014, 03:07:55 PM
Did the Olympics blow up yet.
Be patient, good things come to those who wait.
Quote from: Jacob on February 07, 2014, 02:14:28 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 07, 2014, 01:38:34 PM
Does the thwarted hijacking count?
Anything thwarted doesn't count.
And I don't know if a drunk guy hijacking a plane counts as terrorism either.
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 07, 2014, 03:31:39 PM
And I don't know if a drunk guy hijacking a plane counts as terrorism either.
He was a Ukrainian wearing a track suit. Ed would've been proud.
Austrian paper Presse reports that the police searched several homes of Chechens in Lower Austria on suspicion of preparing an attack on the Olympics.