Ok, so I get that being "really" upset with simple encouragement to be alert and possibly prevent something bad from happening has somehow become popular. I also get that you really can't say something like "this ad campaign is probably not effective since it is not narrow enough", instead, you have to say that "the government are the real terrorists" and it is absolutely required that some reference be made to the government being A) Nazi's B) Al Quaida C) Satan (ok, I made that one up; obvious since that would probably not be viewed negatively).

What I don't get is that this crowd somehow thinks normal people will take them any more seriously than normal people will take these posters... Do they (you) really think that people will somehow smack themselves in the forehead and say that the government of a democracy is now somehow worse than the Nazi government or Al Quaida or that somehow the terrorists have now "won" since someone put up these posters or asked a photographer with a "big lens" what he was doing? Wow, what an imposition on "civil rights".

When is comes down to it, the posters are not likely to help; the counter posters are much more creative (and funny), but are no more effective than the original posters simply because THIS WHOLE THING IS A NON-ISSUE AND PEOPLE NEED TO RELAX!

I'm yet to see any real evidence of terrorism presented by the authorities that would be anything near a serious threat to the West that has enough substance to stand up to any sort of critical analysis. Be it 911, 711 or the Bali bombings there are serious questions regarding all these alleged terrorist acts that the authorities completely avoid. From destruction of evidence to omission of facts, obfuscation and outright lies. WTC7? Enough said!
If you dare to ask the questions that the authorities should be asking regarding these so called 'terrorist acts' your labeled a conspiracy theorist and derided as a nut job. These so called leaders are lying through their teeth. The only terrorist threat I'm worried about is the one that stems from the 'elected' governments and representatives of our so called 'free' society.
Orwell was an optimist, God help our children.

Iqbal, you do not have the slightest idea what freedom means.

In the second world war many thousands of resistance fighters and soldiers were willing to risk their lives, to risk their property, to risk torture at the hands of fascist governments in the name of freedom. If they could not live as free citizens, then they preferred not to live at all.

Security means less than nothing if it comes at the price of liberty. This fact will not change, no matter how great the threat from terrorists, real or imagined.

When you fall to your knees in appreciation at the rape of your civil rights, you spit on the memories of every man and woman who fought in the French Resistance, every person who died in every war of independence, and everyone who has ever been killed by a terrorist.

What you offer, Iqbal, is cowardice and dishonor in exchange for the illusion of security. It is a fool's bargain and you reveal yourself not to deserve the freedom you seek to throw away.