the sky is falling

Our beloved government are planning new measures to combat terrorism. These new measures break Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to a fair trial. These measures of course apply to everyone in the UK, not just terrorist suspects. They include a “whole range” of measures they call control orders. Control orders could include house arrest, electronic tagging, denied access to communications (phone, Internet etc.) and denial of association with unspecified people. All of this without having to present any actual evidence to a court.

I’m sure I’m not alone in asking WHAT FUCKING TERRORISM?.

The threats do not justify these measures. In fact I cannot imagine any threat that should prompt us to give up any of our basic human rights. What freedom do we have left if we give it up to protect it. These new measures turn everyone in the UK into a terror suspect.

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin