> And what's that supposed to mean? Just trying to be politically correct -- HAR
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: London Bombing update > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >
