Light aircraft "could be bombs"

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D Sqn wrote

you cleary believe in the nanny state.....

I most certainly do not Sir. What I don't accept or can reconcile is this idea of self regulation and self policing as it exists now.

You might argue it works just fine as it is now given nothing has happened thus far but the focus of everyone's points seems to be around the notion of delivery not the idea that harm can come from any number of associated uses. And it does not mean that I am prepared to roll over and have my tummy tickled by the state, it means I am prepared to listen and then make an informed decision over what level of this concerns me and my subsequent behaviour.

Look at Sri Lanka for example and see that in recent times a proscribed group in the UK have utilised light aircraft for securing their ends. This group is active in the UK and only several weeks ago, members were arrested in the UK.


More time to quiz LTTE suspects arrested in UK British authorities have been granted extra time until next Tuesday to quiz three LTTE suspects arrested last week as part of an investigation into the LTTE, BBC reported yesterday (May 1).

Two of the men, aged 39 and 46, were arrested in raids in Powys, Wales and a third, aged 33, in south-west London.

All three are being held on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

They are being questioned at the high-security Paddington Green police station in central London.

Might this sort of thing throw a new light on this issue? A well established migrant community, a war overseas, a group proscribed in the UK and tactics that take in the very notion we are discussing and a regulatory framework which even the most hardend GA advocate could pick to pieces. The issue is not just one of domestic security.

I accept that the state may well overract on much of this, I've said all along that I agree with much of what has been written but we also should be mindful of the greater world in which we live.

try something a little dangerous in your life - try playing a bit of rugby in the front row. drink 10 pints of guiness. have a dodgy prawn curry at the local indian. get off with that minging woman who has been making "eyes" at you.

In fact D Sqn - who has not done these things? I would not trust a man who had claimed to be free of these rites of passage.

I am very happy with my life thanks and my name has anticednce if it actually matters. In fact, I would ask that you focus on the debate and leave the name calling at the door.