Perry de Havilland of the UK Samizdat had this to say about the attempted murder of Londoners last Friday:
I received an e-mail asking why, as many of the Samizdatistas live in London, we have not commented on the attempted mass murder by followers of Islam (also known as “the Religion of Peace”).
Well, firstly we Londoners are fairly used to people setting off bombs in this city ever since Irish terrorists started doing that in the 1800’s. The current crop of homicidal nutters trying to kill civilians happen to be less discriminating that some in the past (though please do not forget the none too discriminating Irish pub-bombers of days gone by), but in the end it is nothing we have not seen before.
And whilst I am delighted this was attempt to kill people was thwarted, it is not something that will actually have the slightest impact on my life or the lives of most Londoners. We will continue to act today much as we did yesterday. Frankly I am more worried about the pervasive threat posed to my civil liberties by Gordon Brown than the more or less random threat to my life posed by Al Qaeda.
Fully understandable. Though I would have left long ago for shores that while trending in that direction, could still be stopped from becoming a police surveillance state.
Define “could still be stopped…”
This nation is martching towards a police state so fast the drill sergeant can’t even call cadence anymore.
My definition of “could still be stopped…” has only one option, remove the government. Since the government will resist being removed, that means conflict will be involved. That conflict will likely exceed the bounds of polite conversation.