[Mr Angry]

As someone who lived through the troubles™ here in Northern Ireland and who was one of many thousands who were subject to searches each and everytime they went to the city centre and any shop therein I can state, categorically, that stop and search was not a deterrent nor did it have any discernable affect on the activities of the then terror activists.

A terrified state, whether by fear or action, is no state to live in.

I think that this post from the Times site pretty much nails it.

"Andy Hayman, with the way the government, police, and other parts of the State are acting in the name of protecting us from terrorism, I simply do not want the State's protection from terrorists. It feels more like State protection is some kind of massive protection racket.

I feel much safer with the spontaneous response of the British people to the 7th July 2005 London bombings: We're Not Afraid. It leaves the terrorists having achieved nothing more than death and destruction - a failure of terrorism. It leaves them having failed to achieve their real ends with their terrorist means. That leaves their terrorism useless, a waste of their time, effort and lives. Why would they continue with futile methods?

Unfortunately, the way the State has responded has turned what was initially a terrorist failure (52 murdered, many more injured, but We're Not Afraid as the spontaneous response within days of the attack) into a much bigger success for the terrorists. It means they bombed us into doing real social (and economic) harm to ourselves.

Stop and search is just one example of how terrorists are succeeding in terrorising the State into harming our society.

Andy Hayman, you have been a part of the problem, a tool of terrorists. They have successfully used you to harm our society. And you're still supporting such social self-harm."