Reply #85: were there actual people in the UK somehow thought to be [View All]

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considering blowing up a plane or planes? Could well be. Why not? It's happened before. That kind of thing will happen as long as wealthy people starve most of the rest of the world.

is this episode completely blown out of proportion for political reasons by would-be totalitarians? Absolutely yes.

There is terrorism. There are terrorists. Does the actual threat they pose justify the neocon response or the level of fear they have cultivated for their own political gain? Not even fucking close. It is unadulterated bullshit.