http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/06/problems-with-gordon-browns-article-on.htm Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/06/problems-with-gordon-browns-article-on.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1108 dreamingspire Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:54:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1742#comment-1108 An explanation was put forward this morning on Andrew Marr's Start The Week (BBC R4):<br/>“Almost every widely held idea we currently entertain about 21st century terrorism and its relationship to the wars against terror is wrong and must be thoroughly rethought.” Or so claims political philosopher and former White House advisor PHILIP BOBBITT in his latest book, which argues that we must tackle our vulnerabilities and stockpile laws for times of emergency to ensure we don’t slip into living in states of terror ourselves. Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century is published by Allen Lane.<br/>(From http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml)<br/>I disagree on the "stockpiling laws" deduction: in a free country (UK, USA) that does not have the continental Examining Magistrate structure, to some extent we trade that readiness for our freedom. An explanation was put forward this morning on Andrew Marr’s Start The Week (BBC R4):
“Almost every widely held idea we currently entertain about 21st century terrorism and its relationship to the wars against terror is wrong and must be thoroughly rethought.” Or so claims political philosopher and former White House advisor PHILIP BOBBITT in his latest book, which argues that we must tackle our vulnerabilities and stockpile laws for times of emergency to ensure we don’t slip into living in states of terror ourselves. Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century is published by Allen Lane.
(From http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml)
I disagree on the “stockpiling laws” deduction: in a free country (UK, USA) that does not have the continental Examining Magistrate structure, to some extent we trade that readiness for our freedom.

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