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[Loud Whispers]

That's a very reasonable concern. US media is full of too much fake news, or news that is so distorted it might as well be fake

[TD1]

Kinda makes the BBC bias look cute.

[Doomblade187]

Kinda makes the BBC bias look cute.

As a US dweller, I consider the BBC almost as reliable as the AP, at least for news over here.

[hector13]

Non-British stuff isn’t generally fine in terms of impartiality.

Bizarre since, by law, they need to be impartial.

[Culise]

Is there a culture supporting terrorism in the US army or with mathematicians? I wasn't aware.

If it were just a case of one deviant immigrant with a bomb, we'd not have blockades on our Christmas festivities.

Great, then make that case and not just that "one person in a thousand is plotting nasty acts, therefore I'll imply that says something about the thousand automatically."

[TD1]

No, I think if you consistently find terrorists within a group of people (ie repeatedly finding one blood-hungry killer in a group of a thousand and one) it says a lot about the group they come from.

[Sheb]

Like young men for example?

[Maximum Spin]

Like young men for example?

There absolutely is a lesson to be learned there about the biology and psychology of young men and their relation to society, yes.

[da_nang]

Like young men for example?

What's the probability of "young man" being the reason for terrorism vs "Islamic ideology"?

[TD1]

Like young men for example?

Sure. To be more specific, though, it ought best to be written "young Islamic men."

[Dorsidwarf]

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Sure, it's called the Troubles. Besides that....

Since 2010, there have been two terrorist attacks for the right wing. One killed Jo Cox, the other involved a vehicle and a group of Muslims near a mosque. This was out of nine attacks, the rest being immigrant-perpetrated.

Here's the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_Great_Britain I didn't look before 2010.

Both attacks by the right wing I remember being a big deal in the news. Not sure about across the Atlantic, though.

I wonder what the stats like for foiled terror plots are. MI5 currently seem to be intercepting more than half of all plots, but I wonder if they're better at stopping islamic terror than right-wing/homegrown terror due to their focus on islamists.

[TD1]

I wouldn't say so. If you look at the list 'Arrests, detentions, and other incidents related to the Terrorism Acts' on that Wikipedia page, I see a few Anglo-seeming names on it. An Oxford Graduate, for instance, was arrested because he was taking a picture of a man-hole cover, and only released when no such photos were found.

[Jopax]

How the fuck is taking a picture of a manhole cover a criminal offense?

I'm fairly sure info on those is some sort of public record somewhere if their size/shape was ever decided by any governing body.

[TD1]

https://boingboing.net/2009/03/03/manchester-man-arres.html

That's the most I could find. Seems like an extreme reaction, IMO, though it certainly proves they don't give preference to British suspects, heh.

[Jopax]

Is there any possibility of the dude suing the fuckers? Because that shit looks like atleast some sort of baseless abuse and violation of rights.

Unrelated, what's with this supposed denouncement of the US coming from Germany now. This some sort of official stance or just a dude with a bone to pick with no regard to international relations.