London Bombings
I hardly think this is a competition of who can have the most people killed to terrorism and it seems very insensitive and offensive to do so. As well as not being relative at all. The anger and the damage that both attacks caused was not in the people who were killed and wounded but in the insecurity that was caused afterwards. It's virtually impossible to have tight security against terrorists on a bus or train network so it's plausible that attacks like this could continue to happen at any time in the future. Terrorism is not about how many people are killed but about the "terror" that is caused from the attacks.FlexThis wrote:
33 dead - hundreds injured. Tragic, but hardly the 3,000 + that plummeted, burned to death, or were otherwise crushed on 9/11. I see more energy as you have stated Jeremy, but not a backlash such that the US would be willing to do.
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Downplaying the bombings in comparison to the casualities of WTC is perhaps improper.
But if you are doing a wider analysis of the impact, you could maybe downplay it. 9-11 was considered a huge attack on the economy, (airlines shut down, markets closed, etc...)
In light of that, the world has to be prepared to function after attacks like that, otherwise the attack is more of a victory for the enemy.
Jeremy correctly points out the security problem with mass transit.
Even if bombings like this occured regularly, securing the transit like an airport would effectively shutdown the system.
Metal detectors at the bus stop, or "stabilizing problem nations" <gag> will do almost nothing to protect U.K. or U.S.
The U.K. is paralysed by it's homegrown radicals, infiltrators, and political correctness.
In the U.K., you can stand up in the street and give fiery sermons calling for the death of Tony Blair, George Bush, and call for the bombing of Washington, and Britain. You could celebrate the London bombing day- and-night and the government wont touch you, they would in fact protect you from the local futbol hooligans.
I predict that not ONE person will lose their job for not stopping the attack (just like 9-11). The officials will actually be awarded a medal later, for lifetime achievement (George Tenet).
-n
But if you are doing a wider analysis of the impact, you could maybe downplay it. 9-11 was considered a huge attack on the economy, (airlines shut down, markets closed, etc...)
In light of that, the world has to be prepared to function after attacks like that, otherwise the attack is more of a victory for the enemy.
Jeremy correctly points out the security problem with mass transit.
Even if bombings like this occured regularly, securing the transit like an airport would effectively shutdown the system.
Metal detectors at the bus stop, or "stabilizing problem nations" <gag> will do almost nothing to protect U.K. or U.S.
The U.K. is paralysed by it's homegrown radicals, infiltrators, and political correctness.
In the U.K., you can stand up in the street and give fiery sermons calling for the death of Tony Blair, George Bush, and call for the bombing of Washington, and Britain. You could celebrate the London bombing day- and-night and the government wont touch you, they would in fact protect you from the local futbol hooligans.
I predict that not ONE person will lose their job for not stopping the attack (just like 9-11). The officials will actually be awarded a medal later, for lifetime achievement (George Tenet).
-n
Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?
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-nathan
I don't like the tone of Nathan's post but he is kinda right in the last paragraph.
We do however have some fucked up laws on terrorism that enable detainment without trial indefinitely, so we aren't as soft as you think. I think the number dead now is closer to 70 FYI, and could go up.
EDIT: got my numbers wrong it's 50. Still rising.
We do however have some fucked up laws on terrorism that enable detainment without trial indefinitely, so we aren't as soft as you think. I think the number dead now is closer to 70 FYI, and could go up.
EDIT: got my numbers wrong it's 50. Still rising.
Robert Elm