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Originally Posted by Livia

The amount of information that passes through our security services on a weekly basis is mind-boggling. I am confident that if there was not a threat, we would not be warned. I would much rather be aware of the current intelligence than to go around in ignorant bliss.

I would be interested to see evidence of the purported abuse of warnings to gain higher control in respect of terrorist threats on home soil.

I'm not downplaying a threat, at all. And I agree about awareness, but to the extent that I'm even nervous to go shopping in the town I live in doesn't sit well with me. Because the threat is so general it creates a fear mindset in everyone, no matter where you live, no matter how likely your town is to be a target, and that is surely not a good thing?

We seem to be living under constant threat and not a lot of joy, and I am not entirely convinced that the extent of the threat justifies the fear people experience in their everyday lives.

And slowly but surely, it seems that more general control mechanisms are being put in place off the back of these threats to make people want to believe someone out there is protecting them. And I am equally convinced these mechanisms outweigh the threat itself. And I am not convinced the government pushes these through for concern for the nation's safety over the power it can gain for itself to monitor what EVERYONE is doing.

I cannot provide evidence, I can merely provide an observational viewpoint and I think, a reasoned summing up.