Libertarians? Don't make me laugh...
It's a rare day when there is not a remarkable post on Samizdata.net, but today they surpass themselves.In response to a speech by Robin Cook, in which he noted that, 'There were 30,000 raids under the Prevention of Terrorism Act last year from which less than 100 individuals were charged with offences relating to terrorism', the author has this to say:
Cook provides evidence that a proportion of those who demonstrated against the war, will continue to oppose measures that can be utilised to investigate and break up terrorist cells and sympathisers in the United Kingdom
Libertarians? I think not. I've always suspected that their libertarian instincts go little further than a wish to see inheritance tax scrapped, but such unquestioning support for seemingly ineffectual police raids is bizarre. Statist and authoritarian it seems.
posted by Matthew @ 8/26/2004 04:16:00 PM
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