The real threat to the life of the nation

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The real threat to the life of the nation, in the sense of a people living in accordance with its traditional laws and political values, comes not from terrorism but from laws such as these. That is the true measure of what terrorism may achieve. It is for Parliament to decide whether to give the terrorists such a victory.

(thanks to djm4)

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[countess-sophia.livejournal.com]

re the bookshop: there's a long tradition of this kind of thing. IIRC it was pioneered in Metternich's Austria c.1815, where the secret police would allow certain cafes to stock foreign (hence liberal and seditious) papers and allegedly banned publications. They'd then watch to see who read them. Our own spooks have been known to do similar things.