[Gllug] (article) Bogus bobbies raid Kings Cross data centre

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 11:11:22PM +0000, Nix wrote:
> On 18 Dec 2007, Jason Clifford uttered the following:
> > Same as what stops them from renting a flat or office in a sensitive
> > area and detonating vast amounts of explosives there - absolutely
> > nothing. 
> 
> Or, say, renting space under the Houses of Parliament and putting a lot
> of dynamite in there primed to go off at a specific time...
> 
> 
> ... hang on, hasn't someone tried this before?
>
> (Four centuries and we *still* haven't figured out how to stop it. I
> suppose the technique used then of penetrating the conspiracy and
> knocking it down as if in the nick of time with massive publicity is
> still used. A shame we couldn't have more Bonfire Nights for every
> major successful or foiled attack though.)

It's just a consequence of living in a free society.  Sucks if you get
blown up, sure, but the chances of it happening are extremely remote,
and the alternatives (eg. completely locking down society Soviet-
style) are much worse for everyone all the time.

Rich.

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