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Graham F · 27-01-2005, 12:01

Those laws might of served us well in dealing with the threats we have had in the past. However how many of the terrorists these laws worked against would consider sucide bombings? or the mass killing of people like 9/11? These are extreme people and extreme measures are needed to deal with them. Unless someone can come up with a better solution that doesn't discriminate against foreigners this seems the only logical step, as the British people would not stand for British nationals being locked up in prision without charge. So the house arrest system seems the only way forward.

Its not nice, but it is a way of dealing with the threat!

What gets me, are organisations like Liberty saying this is outragous keeping these people locked up, but they never give an alternative way of dealing with it. Saying the law is no good, isn't good enough what we need are other ways of dealing with the threat!

Do people think the 'threat' is real or do you think it is overstated by Government?

27-01-2005, 12:01	#8
Graham F Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,604	Re: House Arrest Those laws might of served us well in dealing with the threats we have had in the past. However how many of the terrorists these laws worked against would consider sucide bombings? or the mass killing of people like 9/11? These are extreme people and extreme measures are needed to deal with them. Unless someone can come up with a better solution that doesn't discriminate against foreigners this seems the only logical step, as the British people would not stand for British nationals being locked up in prision without charge. So the house arrest system seems the only way forward. Its not nice, but it is a way of dealing with the threat! What gets me, are organisations like Liberty saying this is outragous keeping these people locked up, but they never give an alternative way of dealing with it. Saying the law is no good, isn't good enough what we need are other ways of dealing with the threat! Do people think the 'threat' is real or do you think it is overstated by Government?