General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Guardian: Why does America lose its head over 'terror' but ignore its daily gun deaths? [View all]avebury
(10,952 posts)terrorism incidents from the IRA for decades and, to my knowledge, never shut down an entire city.
Having heard after the fact that they knew the boy was injured does make it look like authorities might have gone too far in shutting down such a big piece of territory.
The same Government that freaks out on the possibility of a terrorist act need to be asked why they don't consider incidents like Newtown; Aurora, CO; Virginia Tech shooting as terrorist incidents? Why does our Government view mass shootings less atrocious then what happened in Boston? The brothers both had access to guns (as proven by the shootout) so why isn't the issue of gun control and passing reasonable legislation brought up - again? When will this country refuse to let the NRA rule OUR country?
When you look at what has taken place in this country since 9-11, laws that have been passed, criminal activity by people in government going unpunished, a private group (NRA) dictating nationwide policy, efforts to deny citizens their right to vote - one could make the argument that we have already lost the war on terror and things will not change. Out ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War against the tyranny of King George III would, today, be deemed domestic terrorists.