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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 11:52 AM Original message |
Shot man not connected to bombing |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sign of Madness of the times we are in |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How sad ... |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. How bizarre - but perhaps understandable in an American |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, then... |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Then you only read the last paragraph - he had a choice, he blew it |
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unrepuke (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Imagine the police admitting a mistake like that, and publicly! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh for God's sake, there is no way I'll ever be convinced that everyone |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You would like the police to have waited until the bomb went off |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh please. He was caught. He was terrified. He was unarmed. And the |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. He had a choice, and very simple choice |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. I seem to remember a video of several white US police executing a black |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. many people on this board defended the actions of the police.. |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. In USA, asylum cuts by GOP have loonies all over. Brit too? |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. He could have been a decoy |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Three bombs that went off in the tube, I mean |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I have no idea what possessed him to ignore the police |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well we can hardly ask him. Not now. |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. It is not a capital offence to ignore the police - however, in the |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It seems he was a legal immigrant |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Good points (and I said the same kind of thing |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But running onto a train when told to stop by armed police was his choice |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 09:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Plainclothed white men with Glock 17's don't look like British policemen |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well, the Brazilian seems to have had had a pretty light-coloured skin |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. We have had, and still have, many words about everyone else! |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I apologise for having sympathy for an entirely innocent man who was |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I am sorry for him and his family, too, but much more sorry for |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. So dead innocent people need to compete for your sympathy. |
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Tom Bombadil (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
74. Not sure about that |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. His *family* back in Brazil say that he was a legal immigrant |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 05:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Is that true? |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Where are you going with this? |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 05:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. He *was* working illegally |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 07:22 AM Response to Reply #44 |
61. His student visa expired in 2003 |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. I would bet he didn't know they were police. A group of |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You seem to be having a problem in appreciating the threat level |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You seem to be having a problem with accepting this as either utter |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. OK, you believe what you want, I don't care what you think |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Good point well made |
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D-Notice (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-23-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "Those suicide bombers on 7 July have changed everything" |
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Benbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 04:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I am not talking about 9/11 - 7 July was the worst peacetime attack in 50 |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 05:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. The IRA almost invariably issued warnings... |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Ok so those amongst us who are intellectually slow may be |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 02:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Oh, the "changed everything" talking point |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 06:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Well a good many of us defending this... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I agree - an enquiry is needed! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 08:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. I apologize -- I was a victim of the war on tourrrrists |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 08:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
65. Speaking as one of the "many people" ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-05 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
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Guy_Montag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
45. I'm afraid I kinda support Benbow here, |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 04:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There was an interesting post in GD or LBN |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 05:05 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Yeah but |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 05:43 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. They say they shouted 'police!" |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:31 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Well apparently |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:12 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. The decision was made centrally by a "Gold Commander" |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I think it's witnesses down at the station entrance that are important |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. It seems likely |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Some stories say they started off hoping he'd lead them to other |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 07:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I've read that a few times |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 07:31 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. So speculating wildly |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 08:07 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. But did they challenge him? |
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Mr Creosote (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 08:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Well Sir Ian Blair said they did |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. One possible reason |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Nor am I convinced |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 04:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I tend to go into "there but for the grace of God mode at times like this. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 05:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I agree with The Skin |
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non sociopath skin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 05:49 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I remember, as a councillor, reading in an economic development report ... |
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Guy_Montag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. Shot 5 times! |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
66. I hope the U.K. government pays the family compensation |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #66 |
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Woody Box (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Cold-blooded murder |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. This should be irrelevant! |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
71. Who made the decision |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. The name is COBR rather than Cobra. |
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lockdown (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Thanks |
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