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> Of course, that's why no one made that claim. But the problem is, someone working for Thompson did make that assumption/claim. No one is questioning that me
by radiorental 10y ago
> Of course, that's why no one made that claim.
But the problem is, someone working for Thompson did make that assumption/claim.
No one is questioning that mentally unstable / impressionable people are being radicalised in the UK, sent via Turkey for training, and back again to blow themselves up.
The issue, as I see it, is that it behoves both the terrorists and our various security apperatus to propagate the constant state of fear. It's no small irony that the end result is mutually beneficial.
Oppression/Terrorism is a reactionary cycle that is very hard to break out of. I fear we may never given the last few years. Those who seek security at the cost of liberty deserve and endure neither.
- WillPostForFood 10y ago> But the problem is, someone working for Thompson did make that assumption/claim. All you know is what was in the article, "a cabin-crew member reported her for “suspicious behaviour” while reading a book about Syrian culture on a flight to Turkey." That's far from, "everyone reading a book is going to bomb London". The crew member didn't call police to have her arrested, they just saw something, or things, including a book, that they noted as suspicious. Not only is the story overblown, it deters people from actually reporting more suspicious and dangerous behavior.