Comments on: Raised Eyebrow Level: Critical http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/08/10/raised-eyebrow-level-critical/ Another Fine Edition of Me Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:55:08 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jherad http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/08/10/raised-eyebrow-level-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Jherad Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:55:23 +0000 http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/08/10/raised-eyebrow-level-critical/#comment-59 Sounds plausible - enough time to avoid being accused of kneejerking, yet soon enough to avoid any media conflict, say in the unlikely event that the people arrested turn out to be crackpots who had would have trouble seriously organising a teaparty (hypothetically speaking, you understand). Should be just in time for Iran. Sorry, have my cynical head on (worryingly frequently these days, it seems). Sounds plausible – enough time to avoid being accused of kneejerking, yet soon enough to avoid any media conflict, say in the unlikely event that the people arrested turn out to be crackpots who had would have trouble seriously organising a teaparty (hypothetically speaking, you understand).

Should be just in time for Iran. Sorry, have my cynical head on (worryingly frequently these days, it seems).

]]> By: Rochenko http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/08/10/raised-eyebrow-level-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Rochenko Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:13:24 +0000 http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/08/10/raised-eyebrow-level-critical/#comment-58 Reid has of course really been <a href=\"http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/04/05/gutting-the-geneva-conventions-ii-this-time-it%e2%80%99s-personal/\" rel=\"nofollow\" rel="nofollow">hammering</a> <a href=\"http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/04/04/worrying-about-asymmetrical-warfare-means-never-having-to-say-you%e2%80%99re-sorry/\" rel=\"nofollow\" rel="nofollow">away</a> at this theme - \'unprecedented situation...fifth column...sapping the will to resist terror...need to reform international law\', etc. If this is a genuine plan to blow up airliners, then it\'s just what he needs; if it\'s another <a href=\"http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=352\" rel=\"nofollow\" rel="nofollow">Old Trafford bomb plot</a>, then it\'s also just what he needs: people get scared, the MSM forgetting machine goes on to continue reporting terror alert stories without following them up afterwards, the general readiness to accept a crackdown is ratcheted up one more notch. Still, in direct response to what you ask: any bets for <a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1841295,00.html\" rel="nofollow">September-October</a>? Reid has of course really been hammering away at this theme – \’unprecedented situation…fifth column…sapping the will to resist terror…need to reform international law\’, etc. If this is a genuine plan to blow up airliners, then it\’s just what he needs; if it\’s another Old Trafford bomb plot, then it\’s also just what he needs: people get scared, the MSM forgetting machine goes on to continue reporting terror alert stories without following them up afterwards, the general readiness to accept a crackdown is ratcheted up one more notch.

Still, in direct response to what you ask: any bets for September-October?

]]> By: Jherad http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/08/10/raised-eyebrow-level-critical/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Jherad Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.smokewriting.co.uk/2006/08/10/raised-eyebrow-level-critical/#comment-57 So... To cut to the chase: How long before Reid uses this to cut that pesky Human Rights Act away? So… To cut to the chase:

How long before Reid uses this to cut that pesky Human Rights Act away?

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