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Old 05-08-2016, 07:34 AM #11
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Originally Posted by Cherie View Post
I'm the last person anyone could accuse of paranoia, this is the second knife attack on the public in London in recent months that has been attributed to mental health, I have lived in London for years so I'm entitled to ask questions as to whether we are being told the truth, the streets were flooded with armed police only the day before the attack even though the UK has been in high alert for years and yes TS killings have been going on for years blah blah but random knife attacks on members of the public in crowded areas are not as common as you north of the border might assume. I agree that people should wait for the facts before assuming terror, that said I don't think we need to lap up every thing we are told either.
What we are seeing i think is a form of copy catting. Those not particularly stable see events on the news and think ... hey, i could do that. All it takes is someone a bit mentally vulnerable. I too don't take what I hear as fact, its not like the police are proven to be 100% accurate in their summation of situations in the past. For me, it was still a terrorist attack, albeit not clear if it was related to ISIS or not, it was still a terrorist attack and should be viewed as such.
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