Everyone’s got their own personal response to tragedy. Some of them are, uh, a little odder than others.
After the London terror attacks, an English journalist for the New York Observer posted a photo to social media of himself posing next to the Thames with an actual sword, offering any terrorist who managed to kill him a cool $85,000.
In the now-deleted tweet, Andre Walker threw the challenge specifically to ISIS. “A bounty on my head. Any #ISIS terrorist that kills me gets £50k. I’ll give my address. No police. But I’ve got a sword. Good luck,” he tweeted.
He added: “I’m not worried about looking silly, nor am I worried about #ISIS… Come on lads, have a crack.”
Despite deleting the baffling tweet, he took to the pages of the Observer to defend his offer, resulting in what must truly be one of the weirder headlines in recent years:
In the article, he says that he’s not received a single offer from ISIS to come and 1v1 him with a sword. Funny that.
As a result of this offer, I’ve had three million views on my Twitter today, but not one request to fight me. Most newspapers said they’d win—and maybe they would—but they don’t have the guts to try.Last night I did not cower at home; I went out with my friends in London. Tomorrow, when you go out, think to yourself that the ‘terrorists’ were so terrifying they wouldn’t even take on a middle-aged fat guy with a sword.
As horrifying as the attacks all are, I’m not sure that a dude posing with a sword next to a river is a high priority for ISIS at the moment, even with the reward money on the table. As you might expect, the general response on Twitter was bafflement.
Is this competition open to anyone, or do you have to be a Muslim?
Asking for a friend.
— bogbeagle (@bogbeagle) June 4, 2017
Not sure what point you’re making with this.
— Jeffrey Peel (@JeffreyPeel) June 4, 2017
Ooh, so there is! pic.twitter.com/tIZe3DOJ3t
— máirt (@HolyHonda49) June 4, 2017
What a weapon!!! And look at that sword too!
— Jeff (@jeff_holt) June 4, 2017
Righto then.
Source: Twitter.
Photo: Twitter.
