And what's that supposed to mean?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Waller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 13 July 2005 21:56
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: London Bombing update
>
> But I thought they were bombers?
>
> Kenneth Waller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: London Bombing update
>
>
> >
> > > > It does seem that congratulations on excellent Police work
> > > were a bit
> > > > ahead of time. I was rather suspicious that such strong leads
> > > > were being so obviously invesigated - the word "scapegoat" leapt
> > > unbidden
> > > > into my head. With the forensic equivalent of day-glo
> > > signage it is
> > > > less suprising. The hard part is now to find the real
> > > perpetrators of
> > > > this crime, rather than the poor, deluded teenagers that
> > > are criminals
> > > > and victims at the same time.
> > > >
> > > > mike
> > >
> > > Your entire statement is without meaning, mike.
> > >
> > > Where, other than your head, does "scapegoat" come from?
> > >
> >
> > You ought to bear in mind that the police here have been
> dealing with
> > terrorism for over 35 years. In the 70s and 80s they didn't have a
> > particularly good record of arresting the right people.
> Bombings were
> often
> > followed by swift arrests and imprisonments, and 20+ years later the
> people
> > jailed were released because they were innocent, while the
> guilty went
> > on
> to
> > bigger things.
> >
> > It was all too easy and convenient for the police to arrest anyone
> > with an Irish accent and fit them up. Mike wasn't the only
> person who
> > was immediately suspicious of a quick result in this case.
> >
> > Nowadays, however, people are well aware of what used to
> happen, and
> > we don't want to see it happen again. So when they put someone away
> > for it,
> we
> > want to be damn sure that it's the right person.
> >
> > Anybody interested in how not to deal with terrorists would be well
> advised
> > to look at the history of how we dealt with Irish terrorism
> here, and
> learn
> > from our mistakes, as we have done. Believe me, we tried it
> all and it
> > didn't work: imprisonment without trial, secret hit squads, torture,
> secret
> > deals, secret trials with no juries, kidnapping, framing, faked
> confessions,
> > you name it.
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
>
>
>
