Occam's Cultural Razor?
Nov. 14th, 2007 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drcuriositySo, there's lots of talk in the NZ media about the "terrorism raids" we had a while back, and evidence recently leaked to the press. These bits in particular caught my eye:
See, given the Reservoir Dogs-style codenames and so forth, my immediate thought upon seeing meetings called "Rama" was that it was code for "rendezvous", after the classic Arthur C. Clarke story Rendezvous with Rama.
Indigenous culture or pop culture? How geeky is your average "terrorism suspect", anyway?
November 17-18: "Quasi-military training camp": Police say texts refer to meetings as "Rama", which can mean light, torch or to go fishing with a torch.
April 27: [...] Suspects then given codenames Brown, Green, Blue and Pink and told to wear balaclavas to avoid being identified by locals.
Iti christened the group "Rama", the Maori word for enlightenment, and is alleged to have stated three months ago that he had stopped all his other activities in order to "make war on New Zealand".
See, given the Reservoir Dogs-style codenames and so forth, my immediate thought upon seeing meetings called "Rama" was that it was code for "rendezvous", after the classic Arthur C. Clarke story Rendezvous with Rama.
Indigenous culture or pop culture? How geeky is your average "terrorism suspect", anyway?
