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There's something particularly vile about the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby being exploited to advance this legislation.

• andyhmltn 13y ago
  Sadly this seems to happen a lot. Playing on the emotions of the voters is the quick and dirty way to pass something.
  • stfu 13y ago
    There is something about the political opportune moment. These are to a certain degree even predictable. For example currently it looks like we are building up the infrastructure for pushing through gun legislation. All we are waiting for is another Caucasian kid to nuts with a gun.
• alan_cx 13y ago
  Just a small version of what what happened after 9/11, no? 9/11 was used as an excuse for two invasions, and the loss of many human rights and freedoms. While I agree that it is indeed vile to use this soldier's death as an excuse, its sadly normal. And in this case, they picked a good target to use. The family are unlikely to oppose the government their lad loyally served. I would like to be wrong about that.
• Ntrails 13y ago
  When something happens that demonstrates a behaviour that is abhorrent, I expect police and the government to collaborate and prevent re-occurrence if such a thing is possible. Yes, post Twin Towers security was increased at airports. That was a political response to a clear flaw in procedure. To some degree it probably worked. [there were other, less sane, responses too] So yes, the events cause political will to chase a goal, the prevention of future incidents. I suspect many of the supporters of this Bill genuinely believe it to be in the best interests of the population, and that they, too, have read 1984 and don't think that it is a pleasant destination.