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Originally Posted by Livia

Great, a bunch of faceless, nameless, unregulated cyber-vigilantes have declared war on IS. I feel all warm and safe already.

Seriously Livia? Do you really have such a massive boner for the military / intelligence services that you don't want anyone who doesn't fall under either of those headings to do anything at all to try to combat extremism?

Meh. My take on it is that the official powers-that-be have been trying to combat this middle eastern terrorist threat for decades now and have achieved precisely jack ****. Yes, before you start, they have obviously stopped many potential attacks before they happened, I appreciate that, but are we any closer to a solution? An end? No... We're further than ever, it's rising damp that's only getting worse and can only be painted over so many times.

So, I say let whoever wants to have a go, have a go at alternative methods. It may not work but that's irrelevant. What western governments and military forces are doing isn't working either .