Politicians should tolerate a certain amount of heckling. If the man who was thrown out went beyond reasonable heckling, which I am not sure of, then I am sure that arresting him as a terrorist goes far beyond reason, and gives me no faith at all about what may be done with extra "anti terrorist" laws.
If I trusted that anti terrorist legislation would only be used in cases where there was a genuine reason to suspect a terrorist act was being organised, and assuming that there was an attempt at an unbiased review every week or so, I'd be happier.
Even then, take someone away from home and work for three months, then find out that it was a case of false information, send him (or her) home. Their home may not by then have been repossessed, but what are the chances of getting another job in time to pay the mortgage and prevent that eventuality. What are the chances ever, come to that?
I am not sure that this price should be paid by individuals even with cases of honest suspicion. To be fair, if the country at large is really being protected by such measures, then adequate restitution would need to be paid from taxes, with again some kind of review to make it work fairly without people taking the piss. I don't think this is being planned, though I hope I am wrong.
I'm really not sure this kind of price should be paid by people who irritate the ruling party, but that seems likely, sooner or later, if the present trends continue.
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Date: 2007-10-10 12:38 am (UTC)If I trusted that anti terrorist legislation would only be used in cases where there was a genuine reason to suspect a terrorist act was being organised, and assuming that there was an attempt at an unbiased review every week or so, I'd be happier.
Even then, take someone away from home and work for three months, then find out that it was a case of false information, send him (or her) home. Their home may not by then have been repossessed, but what are the chances of getting another job in time to pay the mortgage and prevent that eventuality. What are the chances ever, come to that?
I am not sure that this price should be paid by individuals even with cases of honest suspicion. To be fair, if the country at large is really being protected by such measures, then adequate restitution would need to be paid from taxes, with again some kind of review to make it work fairly without people taking the piss. I don't think this is being planned, though I hope I am wrong.
I'm really not sure this kind of price should be paid by people who irritate the ruling party, but that seems likely, sooner or later, if the present trends continue.