I was planning to write about how the Muslim Council of Britain (remember - the UK's "official" voice of moderate Islam) is again boycotting Holocaust Memorial Day but naturally Harry's Place got their first.
Continuing the theme however, I notice 7/7 bomber Shehzad Tanweer left a substantial estate. Putting aside the "riddle" about how the part-time chip shop worker got hold of the cash, wouldn't it be sensible to distribute the money to the injured and relatives of the people he murdered rather than handing it to his parents?
Of course there is no precedent for this sort of thing, but then there is no precedent for suicide bombing in the UK. Having said that, a decision on behalf of the victims is unlikely from a government that even shies away from asking foreign-born imams to take extra English lessons.
And awards bigots like MCB chief Sacranie knighthoods.
Friday, January 06, 2006
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Actually we shouldn't leave aside the issue of how he got it but only because of how stumped the security services who had allegedly been investigating him and his family for months were.
I was going to say 'intelligence failure' but clearly everyone involved in 7/7 AND subsequent reporting on it is wearing THAT T-Shirt. The furore over this '6-figure estate' of just over a hundred grand is only another example.
Maybe he inherited it years ago - or maybe someone in the family passed it on early to avoid inheritance tax. Given what a small amount it is in real terms I'm tempted to say who cares. Still I guess it might be handy to find out rather than have our police force and security services officially announce they know jacksh*t about the scary 'others' in our midst - getting my drift?
The story here is about the presentation and why it is a 'we don't know' story - that's a choice.
Equally did you know that the 7/7 bombings were apparently the cheapest terrorist spectacular on record, according to a curious report carried by the World Service last week but stemming from our own dear police force? So what should that tell me - or you...
Oh I've got an idea why don't we bulldoze the chip shop and build a security barrier around Beeston!
[Err, what do you mean we tried that in the 80s...]
Maybe I should also add that with the greatest respect your suggestion is marginally insane and a recipe for a race war.
It's one thing sequestrating ill-gotten gains but quite another punishing the heirs for the sins of their fathers - re-read your own post on 'Munich' and come back from crazy Old Testament land.
"Given what a small amount it is in real terms I'm tempted to say who cares"
Well as its such a small amount no one will mind if it goes to my bank account then :)
And what reason exactly, apart from shrill hyperbole would taking the cash cause a "race war" ?? You really should stop confusing asserton with argument.
I would suggest that it would set an ill precedent when the state arbitrarily starts to confiscate the private property of its citizens - oh wait it already does ...
Well, it was just a bit of irresponsible blogging (wait until you read the post I have planned on Iran...). But I also think it was a fair point, and sod "race" (which I think you are confusing with insane ideology).
As Ian pointed out in the pub, the fact that they are blowing themselves up anyway suggests that sequestering their funds would hardly disinstivise. On the other hand this is precisely the kind of justice meted out in some Muslim countries, so precedents exist!
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