Another Sign of Olympic Silliness

With the Olympics less than five weeks away now, we have started to be truly inundated with Olympics preparations. The billboards reminding us of all the "dos" and "don'ts" are everywhere, and the security helicopters have started their 24/7 surveillance of the Olympic Green area. We have even started receiving instructions on the anti-terrorism training that all our staff (excuse me, all our CHINESE staff; expatriate staff are not permitted to participate) must undergo to ensure that the Games are not disrupted by any stray terrorists.

As part of the evidence that the city is ready for the Games, the local papers have been regularly publishing photos of preparations by the various elements of the security services, including this one, which has to take the cake for silliness. Though it is very silly, I have to admit that if I were a terrorist (I'm not!) and I saw a group of police gliding their way toward me on Segways, I would almost certainly collapse into such a paralyzing fit of hysterics that I would be easily subdued. So I guess there is some logic here.