Arthur
Well-known member
To be fair that isn't an uncommon sight at main line stations and tourist attractions these day. I come through London Bridge and walk past St Pauls on a daily basis and I regularly see armed police at both.
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Police office stabbed and assailant shot outside Parliament, Parliament in lockdown
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To be fair that isn't an uncommon sight at main line stations and tourist attractions these day. I come through London Bridge and walk past St Pauls on a daily basis and I regularly see armed police at both.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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It's not about being an apologist mate, it's about waiting until the facts come in.
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
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Of course we would all think that this could well be a radical islam attack. We'll find out soon, can't we just wait?
As for your last comment...not something I recognise in my world. Quite bizarre to me that you think that the attacker won't be universally condemned, and that people won't be thinkiing of the victims.
- Aug 8, 2005
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It's nothing to do with leftie reactions. Most sensible people are waiting to see who or what is behind this before commenting.
Handily, the Allies did not purely rely on fact when deciding strategy for the Second World War, there will have been an element of speculation involved. Alternatively we could have waited for the whole of the Third Reich to have turned up in Harwich, Folkestone, Eastbourne and Portsmouth before mobilising our forces.
Ok. I will not say anything until more details come out.
lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
Not a very good analogy, the Nazis is had already invaded Poland by the time we declared war, and had conquered France, Belgium,and the Netherlands, by the time the aBattle of Britain had started, how many more facts would you need
BensGrandad
New member
What a stupid comparison and if my understanding of history is correct Neville Chamberlain said oin 3rd September 1939 that Germany had invaded Poland and as such we were now at war.
It also assumes that the entire police, security services etc have been sat around watching Nice, Belgium etc but not bothered doing anything about it.
Under normal circumstances absolutely.
But a charity bet speculating on the perpetrator of an act of terror/murder is sick.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
And he's moderating. Crikey.
What I am getting at is that speculation is a somewhat natural reaction when there is a known enemy to your culture, that enemy being radical Islam. It would be foolish to ignore the probabilities.
Particularly given the nature of the REMF.
Kaiser_Soze
Who is Kaiser Soze??
- Apr 14, 2008
- 1,355
But when the BBC showed that image a short while age they were quite specific in that they didn't know what the individual's involvement was. The BBC have also just reported that there could be two attackers one of whom is white.
The bottom line is we down know the facts so speculation about whether its Islamic terrorism or not is exactly that, speculation.
BensGrandad
New member
That is as maybe but until it is confirmed we should keep our own views as that our own view and not shared with others, especially on a public message board
- Apr 5, 2014
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Name someone on here who acts an a apologist for those who carry out such attacks. Unless you are suggesting that protecting law abiding Muslims from the torrent of sweeping hatred that gets thrown there way after such attacks is somehow being an 'apologist'.
No one on here is trying to justify the actions of terrorists. You're fighting thin air mate.