What the fuck is happening to us?

[bammy]

Just watching the ITV lunchtime news, and to be frank I am baffled at what the British Public think regarding the new anti-terror laws. They had a spot poll, and apparently 75% of us don't think they go far enough. Not far enough?! Detaining "suspected" terrorists and sympathisers for 90 days, without evidence, without trial. So the police "have

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[xeixei]

you think that 3 months is crazy, the french and spanish anti-terror laws allow up to 4 years without charging

[bammy]

No no no.

They can hold them for up to 4 years without trial provided they press charges. In other words, they need sufficient evidence to charge them in order to detain them.

[justbob1982]

To be fair, that's 75% of the kind of people who watch ITV news _and_ vote on text-vote things on TV, i.e. idiots twice over. Three times, if you count what they voted for.

[smokeyjoe50]

Agree totally dude. The biggest worry for me is it seems people are following the train of thought, terrorist = Muslim = asylum seeker = illegal immigrant = BAN ALL IMMIGRATION!

The war on terror has become something for right-wing groups to use as ammunition, the government to use to explain higher taxes, and the media to scare the shit out of people.

[happymrlocust]

This isn't such a great time to be alive...

[jishin_wave]

Yeah remember reading about some reporter who got arrested for suspicious behaviour - (he was texting walking past the police) they apparent accused him of messing around with wires in his bag and the wires were sticking out. He did have a laptop in his bag but he wasn't even touching it!