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Originally Posted by andrewb
I don't think you can defend freedoms by taking them away.
We need to tackle young Muslim radicalism. If we lock up an innocent person, is it going to make the Muslim community more likely to help or less?
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So you'd hold them so long without charge, with your principles intact, just not for another three weeks, because then that is so different?
I've heard three bombs go off, seen the devastation they can cause. I'd have no qualms about holding someone for longer who I suspected of planning a terrorist attack on the citizens of the U.K.
Loss of freedom can be compensated, loss of life can't, especially to the dead.