Originally Posted by Trollheart
So here's the thing. FA Cup Final yesterday, I see everyone with "Heart MCR" placards and the two teams and everyone have a minute's silence before the match, and later I see the display roar "We stand together", and there's nothing wrong with those sentiments, but are they empty? I know it would have been horribly ironic, but still, had the final been bombed it would not have surprised me (still amazed/relieved a match has not been targeted yet).
The question I have is, is this it? Is it going to be like this every time an atrocity is committed, that everyone holds hands and cries and throws hashtags and memes around, or is anyone going to actually do anything to stop the next attack, or try to minimise the possibility of one? I know the UK can't fly off to bomb some random country or invade the first oil-rich region they find, but is there an answer, or is it just going to be a repetition of these, frankly pathetic scenes of people "standing together"? Does that help the victims, and will it help the next ones?
No, I have no answers, but I just wonder what everyone thinks? Are there measures that can be put in place, steps that can be taken, or is it just going to be the old "stiff upper lip" every time? I mean, I hate to break it to these people, but terrorists don't give a **** for your "stand together" #WeWillNotBreak or whatever the **** other useless gestures you make. They're just going to keep on doing this until something is done to stop them. But I see no evidence of anything being done, other than the threat level being raised. Sure, that will help, but it will be temporary, and any enemy knows you don't attack when you're expected to: you wait till the other party is off their guard and then go in for the kill. So once the terror threat level is reduced, will we see this repeat itself?
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