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A Plea For Self-Defense In Great Britain
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Bruce W. Krafft
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"At American Thinker, Ciaran Brady eloquently makes the case for an effective right of self-defense in Europe, and in particular in Great Britain:""The threat of marauding gunmen in a city, so vividly illustrated at the offices of Charlie Hebdo and the Kosher supermarket, has been clearly apparent to western nations since the horrific Mumbai attacks in 2008. MI5 have confirmed that the Syrian arm of a resurgent al-Qaeda is planning similar attacks against the UK ... Andrew Parker (Director General of the security service MI5) said the number of random 'crude and potentially deadly' plots from 'lone wolf' extremists was increasing. In a stark warning, he said: 'Although we and our partners try our utmost, we know we cannot hope to stop everything.'" ... |
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kangpc
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I'm amazed I still see the antiquated and misleading term "Great Britain" in print. Every stylebook I know of, including that of the NY Times, AP and the Wall Street Journal, has been cautioning against this usage for over half a century.
It does not occur at all in the original American Thinker article which Mr. Hinderaker refers to. Yet he inserts it three times (including his headline) in his commentary. |
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| I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908 [by an Indian extremist opposed to Gandhi's agreement with Smuts], whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defend me, I told him it was his duty to defend me even by using violence. Hence it was that I took part in the Boer War, the so-called Zulu Rebellion and [World War I]. Hence also do I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. — Mohandas K. Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 from Fischer, Louis ed.,The Essential Gandhi, 1962 |
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