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Terrorism v Human Rights. Where do you draw the line? Ken Livingston said of the London bombings “The people of London will get through this”.
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Terrorism v Human Rights. Where do you draw the line? Ken Livingston said of the London bombings "The people of London will get through this". This statement, as defiant as it is, isn't strictly true. Even if the people of London did not bow down to the terrorists, surely the government now is. The Prevention of Terrorism bill shows that the government is clearly willing to give up our freedom of speech as a result of the 7/7 bombings. This more then anything is handing victory to the terrorists. The fact that they are proposing to lock up suspected terrorists without a trial for 3 months is absolutely outrageous and one can only laugh when people refer to this country as a "democracy". The proposed terrorism bill will undermine the democratic tradition this country has had for centuries. Surely, in any democracy people are allowed to express their views, no matter how...
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