- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,809
But I think it's your job to write to that very good secrete service and suggest that they identify anyone who has fought for ISIS. They won't have thought of that
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Internment
- Thread starter Zebedee
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But I think it's your job to write to that very good secrete service and suggest that they identify anyone who has fought for ISIS. They won't have thought of that
5mins-from-amex
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But I think it's your job to write to that very good secrete service and suggest that they identify anyone who has fought for ISIS. They won't have thought of that
Why the facepalm? What I wrote makes perfect sense to the context of the post I was replying to. but if it makes you feel good about yourself to use adolescent emoji's you crack on.
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
How are they being "appeased", exactly? And who are the 'they'?
sjamesb3466
Well-known member
I think the point is that the people that slip through the net are often people with little known terrorist background (the Westminster car/stab terrorist I believe had a background of petty crime but not terrorism). Internment would do little to combat this threat
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
It would make people feel better, and put the general election out of reach. And isn't that the most important thing?
sjamesb3466
Well-known member
Put the general election out of reach of what? Sorry if I'm being dense but not sure what you mean.
As for making people feel better, yes it may make some people happier but I fear it wouldn't make us any safer
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
You don't think the former Home Secretary's hearing footsteps?
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
A tough security response would supposedly give The Tories a boost in the polls finishing off the Labour revival. Internment isn't going to happen a step too far at the moment but if we get a constant stream of attacks .. who knows.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Putting people on an uninhabited island would work until one of their number got a boat and got them all off again.
You are more likely to get struck by lightning than die in a terrorist attack. Many attacks have been detected before they've happened and usually because of cooperation with the neighbours/family/colleagues. Don't risk disenfranchising a section of society because you feel it would make you feel safer.
You are more likely to get struck by lightning than die in a terrorist attack. Many attacks have been detected before they've happened and usually because of cooperation with the neighbours/family/colleagues. Don't risk disenfranchising a section of society because you feel it would make you feel safer.
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sjamesb3466
Well-known member
If you think the PM initiating internment would win her the election I would hope you are mistaken.
boik
Well-known member
Where on earth did anything I say come across as appeasing them? Just pointing out that you have to think of the outcome of your actions. No point doing something to make you feel better if it actually makes the situation worse.
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
I hope so, too. But it would.
Is attachment to fundamental civil liberties so strong in the UK that such a move would actually hurt?
kevo
Well-known member
- Mar 8, 2008
- 9,094
Agree. Rather than internment, just give the security services and the police all the resources they need to investigate and monitor all 23,000 on the 'watched' list. At the moment, they are just scratching the surface.
pocketseagull
Well-known member
- Dec 29, 2014
- 1,061
Internment would be an absolute boon for these d*ickheads. Our history with the IRA shows that it only makes it easier for people to be recruited into this madness.
The barrier for entry for terrorism right now is just a car and a knife and you want to take action that will radicalise more people?
unwise.
The barrier for entry for terrorism right now is just a car and a knife and you want to take action that will radicalise more people?
unwise.
studio150
Well-known member
I have just passed your details to the authorities as I suspect you are a terrorist. You can therefore expect your front door to be knocked down at 3am and to be transported to your Scottish island without trial or any information to be given to your friends or family.
You maybe out to see the start of the 2045/6 season.
JJ McClure
Go Jags
Not sure that the seven people who were killed or their families will think that the best way to deal with terrorists is to let them commit an atrocity first. There has to be more done to prevent this from happening again and again. There has to be a point where if you are identified as being radicalised that's it, you simply don't get the chance to carry out an act of terror. If that means being locked in a dark pit and forgotten about, that's fine by me.
GT49er
Well-known member
The people that do these evil, murderous deeds - and those cowards who encourage and support them - are not fit to be classified as human beings. I couldn't give a monkey's fart for their human rights - as far as I'm concerned they don't qualify for any. So I wouldn't mind a bit if we shoved them all into some Colditz style prison camp in the middle of nowhere surrounded by razor wire and armed guards.
Only trouble is, I don't think it would solve the problem.
Only trouble is, I don't think it would solve the problem.
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
It would make you feel better. So does it really matter whether it works?
Quite. It reminds me of a friend of mine who was working in the US while 9/11 was happening. His co-worker said "That's enough, we've got to bomb the *******s." My mate asked whom we should be bombing only for his colleague to reply "Somebody. Just bomb somebody."
That's what internment is. It adds nothing to security; does nothing to decrease terrorism - indeed, it makes terrorist attacks much more likely. But it's not about reducing acts of violence, it's to slake some rather primeval urges.