Wanted in connection with the attempted Glasgow bombings - a doctor.
A doctor.
Like one of the July 7th bombers, who was a classroom assistant.
What next? A paediatrician? A nun?
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Terrorists can be people from all trades and from any socio-economic condition. Doctors, lawyers, beggars, college professors, maids... You can have a religious or political fanatical among any given group of people. Wrong as their actions may be, in their own mind they're probably doing a good thing towards a greater goal.
That was my reaction as well. It's so hard to grasp. But as the previous commenter said, it's something that is unsurprising once you delve into it a bit.
Norman Tebbit was RIGHT when he talked about his Cricket Test.
What Cricket has to do with this terrorist plot.
As early as 16 years ago, Lord Norman Tebbit, a British politician expressed his concerns about the increasing numbers of British Citizens that identified with a foreign nationality more than their British citizenship.
An example he gave was what he saw at a cricket match in Great Britain between their national team and that of Pakistan. He saw a great number of British citizens of Pakistani descent rooting not for England but for Pakistan. And they weren't all naturalized first generation British citizens, but third and fourth generations as well.
How, he wondered, can these people be considered British citizens and take part of the responsibilities of British citizenship, when they themselves don't even really think of themselves as British as indicated by them rooting for a foreign team instead their own national team?
And what are the consequences for British society of having a significant segment of its population that will not integrate itself into British Culture but instead identifies itself more with a foreign country than their own?
This "test" of British citizenship came to be known in England as the "Cricket Test" and as you can imagine was greeted with hostility and calls of racism from the Left.
But his concerns were unfortunately vindicated on July 7th, 2005 when "home grown" terrorists hit the London Underground subway system with suicide attacks
And now we have another terrorist plot which might have just included "home grown" terrorists in Great Britain.
Too bad people didn't listen to Lord Tebbit's concerns in 1990 instead of ridiculing his "Cricket Test".
Tebbit: 'Cricket test' could have stopped bombings
Tebbit attacks 'unreformed' Islam
Dcver 'lawyers, beggars, college professors, maids...' do not have to swear 'First, Do No Harm' when they enter their profession.
Alda, yes, it is hard to grasp.
Anonymous, what an intelligent idea. Let's get onto M15 with it right away, and I'm sure the Home Office anti-terrorist squad will be glad to know such a simple answer was under their noses all along.
Heh heh, Annie pwns anonymous! :D
I wonder if Tebbo's cricket test involved "ball tampering".
Anyway those paediatricians are scum and should have their balls permanently tampered with.
It happened to me and it wasn't nice!
How spooky! I've just left a comment over at Tim Footman's place in which I point out that, in a cricket match, most Scots would also cheer on Pakistan (or whoever was ranged against the "auld enemy"!) but, as far as I'm aware, no-one (not even Lord Tebbit) views the Scottish people as potential suicide bombers. Nice riposte, Annie!
Also, I heard on Newsnight last night that doctors/medical students don't need work permits to enter Britain, which makes it a perfect route for radicals. Although I agree, a doctor? What ever happened to striving to PRESERVE life?
You're right. But mind you Mengele was a doctor too, as were many others throughout history.
As for human promises, in a wedding two people promise to be always true to one another...
I guess the ultimate would be a member of the security services / MI5 that would be a little worrying.
I've read plenty about suicide bombers in Palestine/Israel/Gaza who were doctors, so wasn't hugely surprised.
The whole notion of suicide bombing remains utterly mysterious to me though.
A few months ago I wrote a piece suggesting that it might be more effective for suicide bombers to avoid killing anyone (except themselves, duh), and offered historical examples.
Nobody bit.
Rad, that was fun. Maybe I should write more 'controversial' political posts...
Murph, right, never trust a paediatrician.
Marsha, right right right! My point exactly! Dcver, Mengele aside, I imagine that preserving life was one of their reasons for studying to be a doctor in the first place. call me naive, but it seems a long long time to study the detail and complexity of the human body, and how it can be mended, only to use brutal and primitive ways to destroy it.
Oh James, now I have a new paranoid anxiety...
Bowleslerised - my take on Palestine/Israel/Gaza is not very sophisticated - IMHO, they're all nutters.
Tim, that was very interesting - can't believe the CiF's didn't bite, you didn't get insulted once.
Marsha, that puts a whole new light on deep fried Mars bars. It's the Scottish slow burn suicide bomb - eat lard till you explode.
... a Quaker with a medical degree and who teaches kindergarten. You know it's really bad if that happens (since Quakers were conscientious objectors in wartime).
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