[Gllug] Police want new powers

[Christopher Hunter]

On Friday 22 Jul 2005 14:29, Alain Williams wrote:

> These powers won't do diddly squat to help combat this sort of thing,
> the terrorists just go back to using pen, paper & 1st class stamps - any
> ''interesting'' stuff will just get lost in the huge volumes of ordinary
> post.

Correct.   Much the same as "interesting" e-mails will almost invariably be 
missed.

> In all of the hue & cry about wanting to stop the terrorists I have heard
> nothing about the real reasons *why* they are doing it -- it is deeper
> than us joining the illegal war in Iraq. Can anyone enlighten me as to
> what al-quaida & friends are really all about ?

Not really - except that they believe they have a divine right to run the 
world as they see fit.   We westerners have little or no respect for their 
beliefs, which makes all targets in their "holy war".  According to them, the 
world has to be purged of infidels.

> I suspect that if the 'west' acted a little more fairly on the world
> stage then we wouldn't have 1/2 the problems that we do have.
> [[ think: world trade, ...]]

It wouldn't make the slightest difference.   Western meddling and "charity" in 
the third world has just made the whole thing much worse - the best we can do 
is cut off ALL "foreign aid" (it would be better spent here) and ban all 
charities from interfering.   (Oxfam are one of the biggest causes of 
starvation in Africa - their raison d'etre is fundamentally wrong).

Chris
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