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Stuart · 27-01-2005, 13:27

I think I understand what Chris is concerned about. He is concerned that these people will be under house arrest with NO right to trial.

There are two reasons this worries me.

What if the government is wrong (not necessarily in this case, but maybe in others)? There would be an attack. The government will have some people arrested. If they have the wrong people (as has happened in the past), then the real terrorists will still be free.

What if the government started classifying those who disagreed with the government as terrorists (after all, weren't the French resistance classed as terrorists in the second world war)? AFAIK, this has never happened in this country, but it HAS happened in other countries. You may argue that it would never happen in this country, and you may be right. However, the Government is rumoured to be very good at hiding it's actions from the population, so it's entirely possible they would do this.

27-01-2005, 13:27	#21
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: House Arrest I think I understand what Chris is concerned about. He is concerned that these people will be under house arrest with NO right to trial. There are two reasons this worries me. What if the government is wrong (not necessarily in this case, but maybe in others)? There would be an attack. The government will have some people arrested. If they have the wrong people (as has happened in the past), then the real terrorists will still be free. What if the government started classifying those who disagreed with the government as terrorists (after all, weren't the French resistance classed as terrorists in the second world war)? AFAIK, this has never happened in this country, but it HAS happened in other countries. You may argue that it would never happen in this country, and you may be right. However, the Government is rumoured to be very good at hiding it's actions from the population, so it's entirely possible they would do this.