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The public believes there has been a recent terror attack because the news have been reporting stories of the "home-grown terror threat" of local ISIS supporter

The public believes there has been a recent terror attack because the news have been reporting stories of the "home-grown terror threat" of local ISIS supporters planning to execute members of the public. Over 800 police were involved on raids that ended up detaining 30, and only one individual has been arrested on any terrorism-related charge. The national security threat level was raised, and the general public seems to believe that there is something to fear. I'm going a bit conspiratard here, but it looks an awful lot like the government just invented a terror threat to gain new powers...

enneff 12y ago
There's no conspiracy theory. It is blatantly obvious what they are doing. It's disgusting.
- Khaine 12y ago
  It is a conspiracy theory, and its utterly nuts. The people who work for our government agencies by and large are looking to protect our country. They feel they need additional powers to better protect us against the threat of islamic extremists. Given the numbers of people going to participate in terrorist acts in Syria, there may well be valid reasons to request these powers. What makes this hard is that the data to show whether these laws are needed or not is highly classified and is unlikely to be shared with the public. We as Australians should clearly debate whether the liberties we will lose are acceptable, even if they are only temporary. For my perspective, I am perfectly happy to reverse the onus of proof on people who travel to known hotspots to demonstrate that they were not involved in terrorist activities. But hyperbole and conspiracy theories do nothing to improve the level of debate, or even help advance your cause
  - techdragon 12y ago
    No power like this is temporary, it becomes normal in short order and eventually considered as foolish to no have had long before... All built on a foundation of lies "temporary" only in name.
andyjdavis 12y ago
It is a little spooky when you go through the numbers. Reminds me of this a little. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire

enneff 12y ago

There's no conspiracy theory. It is blatantly obvious what they are doing. It's disgusting.

Khaine 12y ago
It is a conspiracy theory, and its utterly nuts. The people who work for our government agencies by and large are looking to protect our country. They feel they need additional powers to better protect us against the threat of islamic extremists. Given the numbers of people going to participate in terrorist acts in Syria, there may well be valid reasons to request these powers. What makes this hard is that the data to show whether these laws are needed or not is highly classified and is unlikely to be shared with the public. We as Australians should clearly debate whether the liberties we will lose are acceptable, even if they are only temporary. For my perspective, I am perfectly happy to reverse the onus of proof on people who travel to known hotspots to demonstrate that they were not involved in terrorist activities. But hyperbole and conspiracy theories do nothing to improve the level of debate, or even help advance your cause
- techdragon 12y ago
  No power like this is temporary, it becomes normal in short order and eventually considered as foolish to no have had long before... All built on a foundation of lies "temporary" only in name.

andyjdavis 12y ago

It is a little spooky when you go through the numbers. Reminds me of this a little. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire