A Terrorist Incident Or Just Another Day In 21St Century Britain?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5542073/Police-officer-seriously-wounded-man-slashes-sword-street.html

[anotheoldgit]

dannyk13

/// There is no mention in the article of this person being Asian or a Muslim. ///

Now there's another surprise these days.

[youngmafbog]

All we are told is this:
"A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article and assaulting a police officer"

Now for some reason if he was a white Christian fella I think we may have been told.

Plod and the Establishment do themselves no favours by hiding such details.

[youngmafbog]

Do you work for Manchester Police then Spath?

[Jackdaw33]

You can't say 'loony' here. You must say 'experiencing mental health issues'.

[Old_Geezer]

Many of us are in possession of bladed articles, but we tend to keep them in the kitchen or the garden shed. Hasn't realised that was illegal.

[anotheoldgit]

spathiphyllum

I apologise but I thought that your statement needed a little editing.

/// You know people can lash out at authority's 'WITH A THREE FOOT SWORD' without religious or political
agendas? ///

[naomi24]

spath, like the rest of us you don't know what he is.

[anotheoldgit]

Old_Geezer
/// Many of us are in possession of bladed articles, but we tend to keep them in the kitchen or the garden shed. Hasn't realised that was illegal. ///

It's not, but this fellow decided to take one on a public street threatening people, now that is illegal.

[Garaman]

If he has mental issues, shouldn't we be wishing him well?

[naomi24]

And I think totally discounting the possibility that he could be a terrorist is a poor way to discuss this. In any discussion all options should be open.

[dannyk13]

naomi, I don't think anyone is discounting the possibility that it could be linked to terrorism,we just don't know.

[Jackdaw33]

I suppose it depends upon what you mean by 'terrorist'. I would define any guy running around the street wielding a sword as such. It would terrify me.

[Jackdaw33]

What I was trying to say is that you don't have to have a political or religious agenda to terrify people.

[Old_Geezer]

Fair enough AOG but, the article says arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article, not waving a bladed article at folk in the street.

[anotheoldgit]

spathiphyllum

/// Yes but only having one option in the OP is bias. ///

You are wrong once again, I did in fact give two options:

A Terrorist Incident Or Just Another Day In 21St Century Britain?

[naomi24]

danny, //naomi, I don't think anyone is discounting the possibility that it could be linked to terrorism,//

Spath at 10:22 is.

I agree that we don't know - as I've already said.