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Art, fact of life that you're always going to get the keyboard warriors who weren't there but think they have the right to judge, there is the same in the UK where they pressure the government into hounding ex-servicemen who served in Northern Ireland, some now in there 80's and still under the threat of court action today

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Len, that very well sums up there situation before they left & why nobody in there right mind would want the back

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Luke, with thinking like that you've earned your place in the EU commission, but I expect the UK government will also be in touch, your plan is way cheaper than prosecuting them with the added bonus that for every UK citizen they kill that'll be one less pension to pay out mind you'd have to subtract from that any just wounded as the hospital bills will eat into the profits

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Jac, there are countries outside the the EU, why would there specs for cells match the EU's just because they're not to EU spec doesn't make it torture I don't suppose they have a gym or swimming pool either

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Bekard, I wouldn't argue with any of that, as an example, one of my many grievances with the EU was the seven years & £10million pounds it took to extradite a preacher wanted in various countries on terrorism charges, one classic reason the EU court came up with for not extraditing him was that the prison cells in the country he would be going to was smaller than there specified size

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Jac, in the words of CS " A Blog is a journal you may enter about your life, thoughts, interesting experiences, or lessons you've learned. Post an opinion, impart words of wisdom, or talk about something interesting in your day."
It's not a court of law where everything has to be proved beyond a shadow of doubt, and if I did, as you suggested, start talking on a case by case basis I'm quite sure you'd write 2 pages on how I was impinging on his/her rights
You give me little credit for what I can & can't understand, I understand your point of view quite adequately, the FACT I don't agree with it has no bearing on either of us being right, and no I'm not going to prove I don't agree with you, you'll just have to take my word for it

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Red, indeed, I think we're on the same wavelength there

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Molly, you're getting side tracked by the subject of Red's blog, although relevant she's not the main point of this blog

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Kal, it was you who mentioned religion, I'm well aware that terrorism isn't restricted only to religious groups, and to be honest scrutinising every last word I type seems a little petty to me, the topic of the blog is the hundreds of ISIS fighters that want to return to where they were living and not a thesis on terrorism in general, but thank you for comments none the less

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Kal, well you'd need to remind me what your second question was, I'm old & lacking brain cells for memory

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Kal, well they were still fighting until overpowered, at which point they made a run for it, so for me that doesn't alter there status, so I'd agree they're still dangerous.

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Kal, I thought I'd covered it do you mean "So if what Shamima said was the truth that she was in Syria simply to be with her husband, then why not."

If so personally anyone who watches beheading videos & decides to fly out to get involved is not worthy of the term human being, she didn't go out to be with a husband, she wasn't married & didn't even know her future husband, I don't care what her role was, she went out to support ISIS & for me that's all that matters.

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Biff, the theory of it is really the subject of another blog, not one I'll be posting though but yes in a lot of cases it's who you know but my biggest fear is that the world is becoming overly soft, I don't have a problem with that as such, however certain organisations will use that as a weakness and seek to take control, having done so all right to freedom of speech will disappear overnight, try telling the crowned prince of Saudi he's wrong for example, your body will never be found

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M4, I agree, they can't have it both ways

RE: sick people

I won't watch anything about animal cruelty, but just reading the link is enough and we have to share our planet with people like this

RE: Three tips for becoming a well liked blogger on CS

Think between your blog & the comments you pretty much have it covered, has to be said that if someone is the sort of person people cross the road to avoid, they're probably not going to be very successful as a blogger either

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Len05, that's a very good point, we get incensed by there barbaric treatment of innocent people, but they've also done a lot of damage in a lot of countries, making them rebuild it would be the least that should be expected of them.

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Bekard, you may be right there, one article had an expert look at the interviews, I didn't read the whole thing but I think the expert came to the same conclusion.

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Crest, I haven't seen the interviews but I can easily believe that.

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Bekard, you're quite correct, it has nothing really to do with it other than the fact some have mentioned putting them on say an island, we all in reality know what will happen, they'll be slipped in the back door & no doubt commit further atrocities, which as usual the various European governments will try & pass off as mental illness as they have many times in the past.

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ChesneyChrist, I'm not holding my breath on that one, the world has moved on since then & now being soft is seen as some sort of asset, in my day there was only one way to deal with bullies, and it wasn't patting them on the head & telling them to be good.

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Red, ok but they're claiming they were radicalised whilst in Muslim communities, so I'm struggling to see that working

She may have a coach but she'll need a large team of horses to pull that much BS

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Red, I personally think one of the benefits of Brexit is that following the treachery of so many MP's the people are now looking much closer at what the government is/has been up to, and not liking what they're seeing, seems those that drive around in bullet proof limos, with armed guards following them everywhere, are not the least concerned for the safety of the population I'm alright Jack springs to mind.

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MiguelUknow, nice to know the UK isn't alone, even if it is only one

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Jac, I'm not following your train of thought there but as you mention Guantánamo Bay what's your solution to people so dangerous you can't put them anywhere else

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Biff, yep serious risk of this blog crossing the other one here

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angelteller, that's what 50 years of the EU has done to Europe, put any number of innocent lives at risk rather than violate someones rights

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MiguelUknow, roost isn't the word I'd pick, stew fits better in my book

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methuzelah, I don't think I got you wrong, as I said I don't enough about it to comment is all.

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methuzelah, I'll have to take your word on that as I don't know enough about it to form an opinion, been too busy with home affairs