Of course at present we are
being treated to lots of tv coverage of armed officers all over London,
whilst the cameras seem to ignore the vast majority of other officers
nearby armed with nothing more than an extendable baton and a cs gas
canister. Tends to distort perceptions.

I think this may well be the case, though I watch little television
news. Newspapers also tend to pick their pictures with care.


They certainly do, but there are still a lot of very heavily armed
officers around London who you can't miss if you spend any time there.
I feel very threatened by them, and I don't even look Asian.

(Yes, taking advice from Israel on how to avoid terrorism is like
taking advice from McDonalds on a healthy lifestyle.)