Posted in bicycle bombs, governance, risk on November 5th, 2008 7 Comments »
Two assertions that I cannot prove:
· No one, anywhere, ever, has been killed by a bicycle bomb.
· No life, anywhere, ever, has been saved by the life jacket under their seat.
Anywhere is a large place, and ever is a long time. The most one can do is broadcast an appeal for disproving evidence. In the [...]
Posted in bicycle bombs on August 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
My bicycle bombs story (see previous blog and comments - http://john-adams.co.uk/?p=122 ) was also aired on the BBC Today Programme and the BBC World Service on 30 July.
I still haven’t received any convincingly documented case of a bicycle bomb, in the form of the frame packed with explosives, killing anyone anywhere in the world.
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Posted in bicycle bombs on July 28th, 2008 9 Comments »
On 25 June I participated in a debate held by the Royal Institute of British Architects
“This house believes we should fortify our cities”.
Piers Gough and I opposed the motion. In the course of the debate the proposers, Lorraine Gamman and Adam Thorpe, raised the threat of bicycle bombs. After the debate they produced [...]
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