I think the new anti-terror laws are akin to thought crime.
The logic behind them is that it allows police to charge people even before they are guilty
of attempted murder or making an explosive device.
This is helpful to the police because they don't have to sit around and watch it all happen.
This is not helpful to anyone who has such information, but is not a terrorist.
It is also not helpful to someone who the police want to arrest for no good reason. Almost
Everyone will have some "information useful in the preparation of an act of terrorism"
even if it is just a traffic report.
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