Brussels Zaventem bombing

[Gumbo Robot]

There are loads of places closer to home like that.

Don't believe me? Ask barrydidit.

I lived in an area of Newcastle that was predominantly Pakistani in the 80s. It wasn't like that then.

I've never set foot in Birmingham, Bradford , Rotherham etc so have no idea what they're really like.

[SueEllen]

We have so many limits on our freedoms, and the police have so much power, that IS have won already.

Boot out all immigrants and the issue will go away.

And this is a Christian country. Add an image of Mohammed to the Union Jack. Those who don't like it are free to hand in their passport and leave.

Since anyone can convert to a religion you got a massive problem.

Loads of prisoners convert.

[DimPrawn]

So basically a witch-hunt? Because I think you're a likely Jihadist and should be taken away to be probed at length by the men with rubber gloves and big hands.

I never knew you were so left-wing, putting the state above personal freedom.

During war, the state should remove all freedoms necessary to win the war. Simples.

[d000hg]

During war, the state should remove all freedoms necessary to win the war. Simples.

I'm sure the government would welcome that. Enact an emergency state "for our safety". Probably we need a lot of money to fight ISIS too so taxes should be raised "for our safety". Leaving the EU might cause issues so the referendum should be cancelled "for our safety".

It's not a war. IS are a terrorist group not a nation state.

[NotAllThere]

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Perhaps luggage will have to be sent ahead by courier so it can be checked separately? That'd probably make the problem worse though - an invitation to post bombs to the airport

Then the biggest queues will be at the entrance to security, and then some murderer with a bomb in their handbag will detonate it.

During war, the state should remove all freedoms necessary to win the war. Simples.

1. And then reimplement those freedoms once the war is won. Not so simples.

or

2. Continual war so the freedoms are never reimplemented.

[BrilloPad]

During war, the state should remove all freedoms necessary to win the war. Simples.

Which is what HMRC have done with the war on contractors.

I want a war on gold owners and BTL owners.

[sasguru]

This is the end result of having idiots like Bush and Blair in power.
By removing/not supporting the SECULAR hard men ( Saddam, Gaddafi, Assad) who, whatever their many flaws, kept a lid on things, they opened a can of worms.
ISIS leadership is apparently composed mostly of ex-Iraqi army Baath party officers who bear a grudge against the West and cannot forgive the Western invasion.
Isn't that a prefectly obvious result?
Of course they can then make use of home-grown, semi-criminal cretins to do their dirty work.

[DimPrawn]

Which is what HMRC have done with the war on contractors.

I want a war on gold owners and BTL owners.

[DimPrawn]

This is the end result of having idiots like Bush and Blair in power.
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Tony Blair resigns as Middle East peace envoy | Politics | The Guardian

He fixed it all afterwards though. For a small fee.

[DodgyAgent]

This is the end result of having idiots like Bush and Blair in power.
By removing/not supporting the SECULAR hard men ( Saddam, Gaddafi, Assad) who, whatever their many flaws, kept a lid on things, they opened a can of worms.
ISIS leadership is apparently composed mostly of ex-Iraqi army Baath party officers who bear a grudge against the West and cannot forgive the Western invasion.
Isn't that a prefectly obvious result?
Of course they can then make use of home-grown, semi-criminal cretins to do their dirty work.

Which is a bit like saying women who wear provocative clothes deserve to be raped