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So here's us, on the raggedy edge.
Sun went down / lookin' like the eye of god / behind icy mist / and stark bare trees — Bruce Cockburn, How I Spent My Fall Vacation |
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This is not good.”:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/international/24london.html?ex=1279857600&en=1c18c8a4bebbf385&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
In London, police shot a Brazillian man who “was not connected to incidents in central London on 21st July, 2005, in which four explosive devices were partly detonated” because his actions were suspicious.
This is exactly the kind of victory terrorists can expect to achieve: a paranoid society and a law enforcement culture where suspicion alone becomes justification for shooting.
This is not the society that anybody would choose to live in. As Amadou Diallou found out, far too many big cities are already there.
I hope that this will not be the lasting impact of London in 2005.
Posted by skooter at 6:00 PM This entry is filed under Politics.