Bomb danger ticks - address it

When Charlie Chaplin or Laurel and Hardy smashed pies into each other’s faces, it was funny.

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When the state’s apparatus does it to the public, it’s not really a joke any more. Because in a world of escalating terrorism, which South Africa has thankfully been spared until now, a bomb threat which becomes reality equals dead and injured people.

And if the casualties come as a consequence of poor planning, then, frankly, the question should simply be “what the hell were they thinking?”