News story: Home Secretary statement following Paris attacks

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Personally, I thought a more intelligent and thoughtful riposte from CH would have been a cover depicting all Gods and deitys in an equal manner, all on the receiving end of some mocking. Together.

 

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But I think there is something to be said for poking the wasps nest with sticks after you've been stung.

WD ... totally agree however .... wouldn't you think this works both ways. OK I agree that CH probably had a pop at the fanatics with the cartoon and yes it is probably giving the wasps nest a healthy smack with a big stick (or perhaps that should be pencil??) but ... on the other hand the fanatics having been blasted away into Valhalla by the Gendarmes then come out with "kill every policeman on the streets you see". Now one thing I learnt fairly quickly when on a run ashore in places where the local plod carried guns was "never upset a plod with a gun" ... It also stand to reason that every home grown jihadist who nipped off to Syria and is now coming back is known to the Security Forces / Intelligence Teams ... so after a comment like that its like having a big target painted on them - as the events in Belgium have sort of proved! Basically ... if you've run away to play with the naughty boys (and girls) ... watch out for the red dot between the eyes if you come back!

 

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MG_M, of course it works both ways, particularly when you deal with the moderates but in this situation we're not, we're dealing with extremists who generally are disillusioned individuals being and preyed upon by fundamentalist extremists who want to shape Islam in a way the majority don't.

Europe's porous borders are not going to help us prevent these people seeping back in. I hate to say it but we're going to have to rely on closer intelligence oversight of communications to catch these people and draw together their networks.

The bigger game is that we need play to the 99% of Muslims and get them to purge the extremists - that's the real trick.

The problem then become how do you manage your own right wing nutters such that you can forge a working alliance with other faiths. We need to address that too.