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Railway stations on terrorist alert.
On Jan 7, 3:09*pm, Martin Edwards wrote:
On 07/01/2011 13:02, bob wrote: On Jan 7, 1:59 pm, *wrote: On Jan 6, 10:02 pm, *wrote: On Jan 6, 9:16 pm, *wrote: * * *Railway stations across London have been put on high alert amid fears of a terrorist attack on transport hubs. More at:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-uk/8244622/Tr... orhttp://tinyurl.com/36qnwqb -- DB. I wonder how they think this will prevent a determined suicide bomber from detonating themselves? Or maybe in their security scenario bombers always carry the explosives in rucksacks in order to be easily identified. If a uniformed presence discourage one islamist from killing one person is that not worth the effort? And if they kill a Brazilian electrician? This was a terrible case, but the fact is that honest people made a ghastly mistake. I don't dispute that mistakes happen, but that is exactly my concern: another mistake might happen. The OP asked, "If a uniformed presence discourage one islamist from killing one person is that not worth the effort?" I would have to say no. I do not believe the risk of another terrible mistake is worth taking for the hope that lots of uniforms and guns at railway stations might perhaps deter a bad person from doing a bad thing. Robin |
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