I wouldn't have made this suggestion before, but nothing's being done so, desperate times and all that?
Hate to think of innocents paying the price but I wonder, if someone perpetrates something of this nature, or is caught planning it, should their family, associates, friends - anyone who might have had some knowledge of the incident or been able to stop it, or worse, have aided in it - be arrested, or at least have their citizenship revoked and be deported? People can be quick to sign up to martyr themselves, but nine times out of ten ask a man to sacrifice his mother, sister, wife, brother, they may not be so keen.
I know, I know: it's harsh, it's unfair, it's disproportionate, but maybe the time for pussyfooting the **** around is gone? I mean, surely those close to these people have an idea, an inkling that something's going on? Jamal hasn't been home much, seeing those odd people, doesn't have a girlfriend, is moody and talking some pretty strong rhetoric, visiting the mosque when he used not to bother? Check his internet browser history?
Sure, snap at me and say it's too harsh, but compare it to those innocents killed, think of them as being someone you knew, and then see if you feel the same way.
Other than that, make bearing weapons legal and let everyone take out anyone who comes at them. Neither solutions are great, but what is actually going to be done? Anyone else any ideas?
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