Posts by CriticalMass

You seem to be arguing that, since Humberside Police don't shoot down 150+ people annually, all is fine, but you don't seem to really understand the statistics you quote, particularly in response to what I actually said.

The operative word was 'control' - do you think these guys are under anyone's effective control? I don't. They seem to be making up their own rules and are completely unaccountable. I didn't say they were getting their weapons out & arbitrarily shooting innocent people down regularly, though the number of cases when they do do that is rather frightening. A far better Google would be how often are the shootings they're involved in appropriate and perhaps more relevantly, how often are they called to account when they're not?. Never, seems to be the answer.

By any clear eyed measure, we can say with confidence that Terrorists and criminals cannot hope to achieve their ultimate aims, so long as we decide to oppose them. They can have the odd success, but the only people who can seriously effect our democracy & freedoms, threadbare as they are in The UK and in the West Generally, are our own Governments and their agents. You may not fear this is what they're doing at the moment, but I do.

When the pr*cks with the guns are not under effective control, are making up their own rules and are completely unaccountable, then you know you're in real trouble as a society. Recently, we saw UK armed Police on TV posing with their weapons, acting like children, delighted with the sheer excitement of it all. I don't trust them. Is it OK with you if someone you love is assassinated by these armed children and don't choose to answer for it? It's not OK with me.