Reply to post: “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate."

UK ministers to push anti-encryption laws after election

John Smith 19 Gold badge
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“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate."

Manchester was a personal tragedy for 22 families.

The first incident in the UK in 12 years. Or the equivalent of less 4.5 days of deaths on British roads for 2016.

Or less than 2.5 Hours of deaths caused by smoking in NHS hospitals in 2014.

I point these things out because safety is an illusion. "Perfect" safety is a con. There are only levels of risk, right down to the possibility that reading this text will over stress your body to cause a fatal stroke. A vanishingly small chance, but if you insist on "perfect" safety....

Doesn't the human race have enough history that demonizing an ethnic or religious group because you are afraid of them (or merely jealous of their success) leads to very bad outcomes ?

Most British Moslems, like most people everywhere just want to get on with their lives in a law abiding society. More Draconian security measures, more security theatre, is a waste of time and money.

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