Reply to post: Don't blame Blair ...

Lawyer reviewing terror laws and special powers: Definition of 'terrorism' is too broad

Maty

Don't blame Blair ...

We elected him. And the reason we as a nation go along with the government stripping away our liberties one by one is, to put it tactfully, because we're a generation of lily-livered cowards.

There was a time when we accepted that the IRA would exploit the benefits of living in a free society to perpetrate acts of terror. We didn't think that the answer was to stop living in a free society. Today ...

Ah well, at least they haven't banned coffee yet.

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