[TML] Um... Okay...

[Richard Aiken]

On Nov 5, 2007 6:47 PM,  <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
> On 5 Nov 2007 at 18:55, Stephen Tempest wrote:
> > "A man walks down the street in that tutu, people know he's not afraid
> > of anything."
>
> Given that the Bus in front of him has stuff written on it in the
> Hebrew alphabet (I recognized a few of the characters), that shot is
> from Israel.
>
> Which means the guy is either an off duty soldier or one of the
> militant "settler" types. Either way, folks are *not* going to hassle
> him.

Yeah.  I thought of Leonard's point after making my post (I too
recognized some letters and I also remembered a little indie film I
saw - forget the title, though - about the situation there).  But that
just means he has a *reason* to be armed.  It doesn't mean somebody
still won't shoot him.

They probably won't hassle him first, though.  At least, not unless
they *want* him to try to shoot them.  In the Real World, that's quite
possible (this IS the Middle East).  In a game context (those mercs
Bill and Sue), it's also possible.  Create enough such incidents and
the hiring government might be forced to switch units.  This would
certainly upset any planned operations and could give their opponents
an opportunity for mischief.

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident."  Robert A. Heinlein