Who Poses/Posed The Biggest Threat??

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by skinny

shitbag

There is a place for calling people names now.

WOOOWWWW! GREAT!!!!

Oh oh.....

[Sweetpea]

Whatever happened to Bugsy, the little gem?

Was Bugsy in "the old place"???

Or have you already answered that?ß

FUCK knows.

And when THAT is good enough for Mike Oldfield, it is good enough for me.

[shillelagh]

Who says the IRA have gone?

The feeling that it was like over there in the 70's it isnt like that now. Now its driven underground. Back in the 70s and 80s you knew when you went out you had to be careful, you were watchful, you were careful what you said and where you said it, english voice in ireland ... some people said thank you for going over and ignoring the troubles others gave you filthy looks and as soon as your back was turned or you left the shop or pub you knew they were onto the phone ringing whoever. It still goes on. Its just underground.

[poppy]

well they aren't actually bombing London or Manchester or Brighton at the mo so that is a plus.

Originally Posted by shillelagh

It still goes on. Its just underground.

And the same in central Scotland.

[Sweetpea]

Yeah, I liked Bugsy. Couldn't take too much of him, could lead to depression...

[Haqa]

I think everyone has missed the REAL threat... The people in charge of the "Threat Level" assessments who can panic the population into giving up their freedoms just by saying "We are now at threat level mauve" or whatever.

Al-Quada may be a worry, the IRA were certainly more consistent, but throughout all of these troubles runs the common thread of our freedoms and rights slowly but surely being erroded "For security and the common good"...

Now we have 42 days... Why? The police (on the whole) don't want it, the former boss of MI6 says it's a bad idea and won't help (And my make matters worse), but now we can be locked up with out charge for 6 weeks just on SUSPICION, or rather just because someone SAYS there is a suspicion of a terrorist connection.

What about RIPA? Now your local council can legally spy on ANY aspect of your life, for any reason they can think of. Your kid's school can get your mobile phone records, the dole office can get your credit card details (To see if you might be working somewhere?) and so on...

And you all think the IRA or Al-Quada are the ones who are the biggest threat to this country and our way of life? Nope, they are just a convenient excuse...

H.

[Churchill]

Originally Posted by Haqa

"We are now at threat level mauve" or whatever.

Only cuz some dickhead at Spy HQ keeps leaving his homework on the train.