08-29-14, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Oberon
Aye, that's likely the case, I just have to shake my head when I consider the 1960s-90s where we had much more regular acts of terrorism than today and yet nowhere near the amount of governmental hysteria about it. Admittedly the IRA wasn't prone to sending suicide bombers across, but people in London were used to bomb scares, tube station closures, and the occasional car bomb or pipe bomb.
If it happens, it happens, but yeah, you're right, society has changed now and we'd only go "why wasn't there any warning?!" if it did.  |
Well remember the IRA did give warnings in most cases. With a few notable exceptions of course.
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