what was he thinking...
Did you read? A man dresses in a tudong [a traditional Malay headgear] tried to rob a bank in Singapore.
Do you know why you don't hear about bank robberies in Singapore more often? Yes, it's because, all the previous bank robbery attempts have ended in failure. I think within the last ten years, there were only 2 or 3 other incidents of bank robberies. And all of the robbers got caught. So logic screams out quite loudly, that you shouldn't do it. BUT, in the rare case you do, you definitely need to think through it more thoroughly than doing it on your own.
Also, in the attempt to scare the bank, the man claimed to have a bomb in his bag. A bomb that he could detonate with his mobile. Well, isn't that just the smartest thing to do? I mean in this age of terrorism and DIY bomb making instructions that can be easily obtained online, that believable right? WRONG. First of all, bomb. how much attention do you want to attract to yourself? Say bomb and most kids will make fun of you. Say bomb and all the adults will look at you.
Using a mobile to detonate the bomb might have been the only smart thing that he did. No one really knows if a mobile can detonate a bomb even though many terrorist bombings have claimed that they detonated it by mobile. Play on the fears of the uncertain.
But saying bomb would allow the ISA to detain you forever without trail. Haha, backfired.
But, please. robbing a bank? Imagine if he actually did manage to get a pile of money. If the rest of the customers in the bank realise that he is making away their money, I think they would be more than willing to stone him there and then.
Do you know why you don't hear about bank robberies in Singapore more often? Yes, it's because, all the previous bank robbery attempts have ended in failure. I think within the last ten years, there were only 2 or 3 other incidents of bank robberies. And all of the robbers got caught. So logic screams out quite loudly, that you shouldn't do it. BUT, in the rare case you do, you definitely need to think through it more thoroughly than doing it on your own.
Also, in the attempt to scare the bank, the man claimed to have a bomb in his bag. A bomb that he could detonate with his mobile. Well, isn't that just the smartest thing to do? I mean in this age of terrorism and DIY bomb making instructions that can be easily obtained online, that believable right? WRONG. First of all, bomb. how much attention do you want to attract to yourself? Say bomb and most kids will make fun of you. Say bomb and all the adults will look at you.
Using a mobile to detonate the bomb might have been the only smart thing that he did. No one really knows if a mobile can detonate a bomb even though many terrorist bombings have claimed that they detonated it by mobile. Play on the fears of the uncertain.
But saying bomb would allow the ISA to detain you forever without trail. Haha, backfired.
But, please. robbing a bank? Imagine if he actually did manage to get a pile of money. If the rest of the customers in the bank realise that he is making away their money, I think they would be more than willing to stone him there and then.
posted by alvin_c at 5:15 pm
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