Foxy has thrown in the matter of ID cards. I say, yes, we should all have ID cards. Yes, they can be forged, but so can every other card we have be forged -e.g Australian Medicare cards can be bought online from China. The more ID we have to have, the more likely it is that the shonks will slip up

This thread has moved along rather quickly, I read the first few posts, and realized the terrorists were achieving one of their objective with some of our 'Usual Suspects' on OLO, ranting and raving about the wrong people. Our lads jumped straight in attacking the likes of Dr Clark Jones, instead of the real culprits, the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. Fear tends to divide society and make it weak, something these terrorists need to achieve, if they are to win this war. What we need to do is remain strong and united, comitted to the struggle against terrorism, and not play into the hands of the real enemy.

Hi Foxy, your husband said "As a result of the Manchester terror attack governments should register all potential suspects to carry
identification cards or be instantly deported or imprisoned.
Time has come to act."

Not really a thought out reaction, but is to be expected as people try to counter the fear that this type of atrocity engenders, giving them the realization it can also happen to us, just as it happened in Manchester. As a civil libertarian I cannot agree with the government registering all potential suspects, a rather loose term in itself, who determines who are the potential suspects, the government of course, could mean all who disagree with the government are potential suspects. If registering in not enough, then locking up potential suspects is naturally the next course of action in the fight against, whatever the government sees fit to fight against, could it be you and me?

Is it time to bring in the Army that has fought in the Middle East to seek out ISIS supporters and imprison or deport non citizens?

As Paul1405 says, " What we need to do is remain strong and united, committed to the struggle against terrorism, and not play into the hands of the real enemy".

Is it time to treat them as they would treat us

Is it not also time to require all citizens to shew their faces when in public?

No one should be allowed to be masked in public, unless for approved medical reasons.

I'm totally confused about the registration cards.
My husband thinks I'm an idiot for not agreeing
with him. Maybe I am. Anyway, Paul's right when
he says that when an event such as the one in
Manchester happens and you've got family living
in the UK it does hit home very strongly.

So far, the only thing that terrorises me is the auto-immune response as seen on these pages.