Why is this excuse always used? I actually agree with it a lot by the way. I don't want to be hypocritical about the whole thing. But it seems that the fact th

Why is this excuse always used? I actually agree with it a lot by the way. I don't want to be hypocritical about the whole thing. But it seems that the fact that a lot of Uighurs make credible threats of violence, (indeed, are actively involved in ACTUAL mass violence), is often used as an excuse by the Chinese for everything they do. Similarly in the UK, some people make credible threats of violence, and the surveillance state kicks into high gear on everyone. And I'm not just picking on the UK and China, many nations use this excuse. Look, I'm a "tough on terrorism" kind of guy too. Uighurs blowing things up, fine, crush them. With prejudice. You can't negotiate with terrorists. Period. I get that. Why a dragnet on your entire population though? The issue is scope creep. It starts out with the UK wanting to find people making terroristic threats, and in 20 years the family court accessible text messages between you and your lover are being entered as evidence in your divorce hearing.