For the first time in 10 years, the Prime Minister said the terror threat had been raised to the highest possible level, from severe to critical, meaning an attack is "expected imminently".
[...] Mrs May also announced that troops would replace police officers at set-piece events including sports venues and concerts.
It will be the first time since 2003 – when the Government reacted to a plot to bring down an airliner – that troops are deployed on the streets.
[...] It is the first time Britain has been on maximum terrorist alert since 2007, when a blazing car loaded with gas canisters was driven into Glasgow Airport.
Source: The Telegraph
(Score: 4, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:10PM (15 children)
I'm the son of a non-citizen resident alien of my country. I'm the grandson of immigrants.
Does that mean I'm not a "real" native of the country in which I was born, raised and have lived my life?
Fuck you, AC!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:21PM
I'm sure if you are a descendant from a country that subscribe to western values it won't become a big issue.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:21PM (3 children)
I'm the grandson of immigrants.
I don't know, do you adhere to belief system that wants to violently overthrow and subjugate the society in which you live? If you do, why would you find it offensive to be told to fuck off to a country that shares your belief system?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:36PM (2 children)
The US government and their TLAs have been doing that to other countries for decades. Are you suggesting that national politicians and their spooks be stripped of their citizenship and "shipped back where they came from" (or some other undesirable location)?
. . . You might be on to something there.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday May 24 2017, @08:39PM (1 child)
Come on, AC, don't tiptoe around, just say Israel. You know I would.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 25 2017, @06:19AM
We all know you would. Not sure you want to be proud of being a nutjob though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:01PM
I hate to admit it but I've met plenty of people who don't really like america but they think that there is something waiting here for them.
I honestly don't think it does much good to let people in the country who don't like us. Fuck them if their country is a shithole and watch me not even give a fuck if it's our fault.
Most of the current refugees are actually from wars of decades past and not from syria.. yet we all seemed ok to not give a fuck my entire life and indeed even to consume the fruits of their oppression and slave labor.
I think it's ok to help people out but we need to screen them to the point we'd be ok being neighbors with the people we let in. I believe that there are plenty of refugees who we can screen for and allow admission.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:36PM (8 children)
Are you a raghead? Do you think in tribal terms? Are you Muslim? Do you insist on Sharia law in your adopted country? If you answer "yes" to one or more of those questions, then we probably don't need or want you in the west. If you answered "no" to all of those questions, then you have little to worry about. The moment Muslims get a toehold in a host country, they begin undermining the legal system in that country. Do you strive to undermine the law?
We should all be more like Poland. No immigrants. Poland has NOT suffered a terror attack since 9/11/01. Every nation that welcomes immigrants has been the victim of a terror attack. Think about that. http://brilliantmaps.com/terrorism-world-map/ [brilliantmaps.com]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by NewNic on Wednesday May 24 2017, @08:21PM (7 children)
It's idiots like you that keep ISIS going. What a former ISIS hostage has to say: [theguardian.com]
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @08:35PM
Agreed. Runaway is a collaborator with ISIL. Stop it, Runaway! Stop being so terrorized! You are helping the terrorists win, with you being so scared!
(Score: 1, Troll) by VLM on Wednesday May 24 2017, @08:45PM (5 children)
The Guardian, LOL.
What would Churchill have said... hard to believe that country once had a backbone.
Imagine the Guardian from 2017 reporting in 2017 style during WWII. "Lets act nice to the Nazis, maybe if we cuck enough they'll stop bombing London"
(Score: 3, Touché) by NewNic on Wednesday May 24 2017, @09:55PM (3 children)
And, as expected, we have the ad-hominem fallacy in response to my post. I wondered how long it would take before that happened.
Ignore the fact that the article that I quoted was written by someone who actually has first-hand experience of Daesh and isn't actually a Guardian reporter.
No, some anonymous prick on the Internet knows more. </sarcasm>
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday May 24 2017, @10:25PM
There. FTFY. And no sarcasm tag needed.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @11:36PM (1 child)
Another "anonymous prick" here to educate you on how pathological and idealogical losers define success.
As for this latest atrocity...
You clearly do not understand conflict; The Romans understood conflict. We should not be fucking about, any Islamic attack should be met with decimation. That is, one in ten muslims in the target country being executed within 24 hours of an attack occurring. Random selection, no fucking about!
No council in the UK wanted to cremate Ian Brady. [thesun.co.uk] This child killer could not have been cremated in Manchester without massive public violence. Manchester does not forget.
Muslims in Manchester now enjoy the prospect of being treated like Ian Brady, they are no longer equals, they are sub-human. Any typical Mancunian working class or lower middle class male presented with an opportunity to start an altercation will do so. Muslims would be well advised to get used to avoiding eye contact and looking at the floor [theguardian.com] because Manchester does not forget.
Do you now understand what this fucking murderous shithead did on Monday?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 25 2017, @06:29AM
followed by
You are a sociopath, maybe you'd find more community in ooohhh I dunno, some group that thinks such tactics are #winning ?
Horrifying atrocities only prolong the problem, punting it down the road until an even greater % of the various subjugated people see who the real monsters are. Clue: there can be more than one set of bad guys.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Thursday May 25 2017, @08:30AM
Sure, but WWII bombing of London etc was a precursor to military invasion (or at least done with the threat of invasion). I don't see that happening this time.