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Originally Posted by Oberon
Rockstar makes a good point and one that I'm sure I've mentioned before, or if I haven't then I should have done. You're far more likely to die in a car accident than through an act of terror. Of course, that doesn't mean that we should be lax in our vigilance, but equally we should overreact and panic in response to an individual act of terror.
I must admit, I don't understand the decision of the French parliament to extend the state of emergency for another three months, other than to give increased powers to the police forces to act without judicial oversight.  A month I could understand, or to the end of the year, so that Christmas and New Years are over...but up till February?
Probably just me, I just get a smidge of concern when governments bypass the judicial system, even if it's in the interest of 'dealing with terrorism', however such a thing is defined. |
If you had 9/11 every year you would be still more likely to die in a car accident.
A lot is being done to prevent this.
EU let the situation to get out of control regarding Islamic extremism.
Your politicians refused to deal with the issue for too long , just being nice and tolerant or understanding will not help here to change the reality.
Not dealing with extremist , inflammatory mosques and preachers , not wanting to steer the pot doesn't work.
You can always try the Sweden's foreign minister approach blaming Israeli Palestinian conflict for what has happened in France...that should make sense about who is friend or who is foe.
This is the kind of nonsense that contributed to this situation.
You can pretend about how you have grown big pair of balls and how this whole issue is just media hysterical whining or fear mongering yet now you getting glimpse about what is going on and had been brewing in your backyard for years , it is quite serious.