Florida School Says London too Dangerous to Visit Because of Terrorists

[Ted Striker]

What a genius let's dis one of our biggest allies man sometimes the fear around here gets annoying

I'd say the Chavs were much more of a threat ROFL

FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) -- School officials in southwest Florida said terrorism concerns led them to keep a high school band from marching in a London parade, but now angry British officials are telling travelers that Fort Myers is no safe haven, either.

Local tourism officials fear the dispute could cost Lee County millions in tourism dollars, and even Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has commented, saying, "Perhaps the superintendent is being overly cautious in this regard."

British responded in kind though HAHAA:

On Friday, London parade officials released a statement to the News-Press of Fort Myers, warning British travelers about the city's crime and homicide rates, Lee County's record number of traffic deaths in 2005 and that the "entire area is prone to catastrophic hurricanes."

pwn3d!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/04/02/tourism.dispute.ap/index.html

[MRT144]

new york, rural pennsylvania, and DC should be off the list too

[Ted Striker]

exactly

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My guess is that, by any reasonable measure, every single place in England is safer than every single place in Florida.

[Ted Striker]

Yep, there's probably more crime in Miami alone than in all of England

What's really sad is that, these school officials are in charge of educating our young people

YAY for critical thinking GG

[Dinner]

I suspect the school just was fishing for an excuse to not spend the money to send the kids to London for a week.

[MRT144]

cant have any marching during hurricane season either!