One journalist demanded “internment of thousands of terror suspects now to protect our children.” An ex-politician called for the government to bring back the death penalty. The “internment of thousands of terror suspects”? Britain tried to fight the Irish Republican Army that way, ordering a mass arrest of nearly 350 “terror suspects” in 1971. As for charges of political correctness, most British politicians try not to name killers or causes until they are known, which seems like a good rule. Nor is it remotely true that British politicians are “never the victims.” On the contrary, they are often targets.

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2017 18:33 UTC