Stansted closed by protesters.
Back in the day the option on a threatened military airfield with limited security personnel was:
1. Put the aeroplanes all together where a small number of armed guards could protect them from a ground attack.
2. Disperse the aeroplanes all around the airfield so that they couldn't all be taken out in one air attack.
Clearly, the present threat is the former but, whilst to a law abiding citizen, an airport/airfield LOOKS secure a determined attack will probably be successful.
SO - those who counsel shooting could have a point. Oh, yes, pretty little Jemima, whose father is a Conservative or Labour life peer, lying there, ripped to bits, will present an agonising picture but shouldn't they have been made aware by the Establishment that this may happen?
I really can't emphasise this enough that it MUST be made crystal clear to misguided young people with not enough to occupy them that, by taking part in harebrained attacks led by people who care not a whit for their welfare, they stand a high chance of being killed or maimed and will never have a partner or children and for what? Absolutely nothing!
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Stansted is not in America. Thus, we do not shoot people that tresspass on it.
I agree, it was most inconvenient for some passengers and cost airlines some money but, as has already been pointed out, airlines don't have any "right" to make money that allows you to start shooting people.
They will go through the judicial system and probably be incarcerated for their crimes - which is fair enough; they broke the law. But I must admit, chaining yourself to an aircraft is a damm sight more effective than half hardheartedly waving placards at the perimeter fence...
Ps. I don't massively oppose deportations
I agree, it was most inconvenient for some passengers and cost airlines some money but, as has already been pointed out, airlines don't have any "right" to make money that allows you to start shooting people.
They will go through the judicial system and probably be incarcerated for their crimes - which is fair enough; they broke the law. But I must admit, chaining yourself to an aircraft is a damm sight more effective than half hardheartedly waving placards at the perimeter fence...
Ps. I don't massively oppose deportations
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Those who chose to commit a serious crime by breaking into an airport to thwart the legal activities of a democratically elected government-and these activities were backed by court action think they by virtue of their privileged upbringing and education they are superior to everyone else and can intervene to halt the work of the government at will with little fear of sanction from the courts.
In a democratic society, this is unacceptable. In the current heightened terrorist state they were lucky not to have been shot-and it is a pity they were not.
The left-wing anarchist groups behind there actions (which should be proscribed) have stated this is only the start of their actions to halt deportations. This (IMHO) in tantamount to terrorism.
These people should be hit with the full force of the law, and made to pay every penny of the cost of the disruption they caused and then banned from ever flying on any airline ever again, and their details passed to foreign governments with the view that these offenders will banned from travel overseas.
Harsh? yes. These people have a choice on how they conduct themselves, and if they through their arrogance and conceit choose illegal trespass against peaceful protest, they should be held fully accountable for their actions.
No doubt those arrested will be treated leniently by the courts in the near future, like their friends were after recent airport closures.
We live in very dangerous times, and laws need to be tightened and this kind of activity nipped in the bud forthwith.
Perhaps future flights of this nature should depart from Brize Norton, where armed military police will be available in large numbers to deter any repeat of this illegal activity?.
In a democratic society, this is unacceptable. In the current heightened terrorist state they were lucky not to have been shot-and it is a pity they were not.
The left-wing anarchist groups behind there actions (which should be proscribed) have stated this is only the start of their actions to halt deportations. This (IMHO) in tantamount to terrorism.
These people should be hit with the full force of the law, and made to pay every penny of the cost of the disruption they caused and then banned from ever flying on any airline ever again, and their details passed to foreign governments with the view that these offenders will banned from travel overseas.
Harsh? yes. These people have a choice on how they conduct themselves, and if they through their arrogance and conceit choose illegal trespass against peaceful protest, they should be held fully accountable for their actions.
No doubt those arrested will be treated leniently by the courts in the near future, like their friends were after recent airport closures.
We live in very dangerous times, and laws need to be tightened and this kind of activity nipped in the bud forthwith.
Perhaps future flights of this nature should depart from Brize Norton, where armed military police will be available in large numbers to deter any repeat of this illegal activity?.
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