On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:42:03 +0100, Ross
wrote:

Without extremists, there is no terrorism.

A very wise statement.

May I also add to the pot the following two quotes?
1. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter[1].
2. He who gives up liberty to gain security deserves neither liberty
nor security[2].

Very relevant in the current situation, and I'll give the Government
some credit (rare, that) for *not* overreacting to either incident.

I am, however, very disappointed (but not surprised) by some of the
rubbish that is being spouted by some members of the Great British
Public, including people seriously suggesting the idea of baggage
scans on LUL and buses, and someone in this week's Milton Keynes
Citizen suggesting that ID cards would in some way have helped prevent
either of these sets of attacks.

[1] An uncomfortable truth, but one we have to understand if we're
going to get anywhere near solving the issue. There is an
unwillingness to accept that seeking to understand terrorists and
their motivation is not the same thing as supporting them,
particularly among readers of low-end gutter tabloid newspapers.

[2] Or something to that effect.

Neil

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