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

[naomi24]

spath, //The possibility he is a terrorist is there.//

Indeed it is, so why don't you, like the rest of us, wait and see before saying this isn't a terrorist attack as you have. We simply don't know yet.

[naomi24]

And best not to say there is no wolf until you know that for sure.

[ludwig]

// Rightio! Live in fear it is //

No-one's living in fear. We're just wondering whether this is a terrorism inspired nutter or a standard nutter.

[Spicerack]

I'm guessing drugs were involved. If you've ever been hit with a truncheon you'll know where I'm coming from.
Spath, your village called.....

[anotheoldgit]

spathiphyllum

/// what you literally just said proves my point SR. If it is a drug related incident, that makes terrorism even less likely. The guy was probably on spice or some 'legal high'. ///

And if it is terrorism, that makes a drug related incident even less likely.

Why do you persist in not believing it was a terrorist incident, but you are prepared to speculate that it was just a nutter high on drugs?

[ladybirder]

Sky News reports that " the man was shouting during the incident."

Hmmm. He could have been shouting, " Geroff me geroff me" or ..... ?

[Mamyalynne]

Is speculation the new addiction?

[dannyk13]

It is with certain posters.

[Peter Pedant]

or just the daily attempt by the wail to whip up the usual anti immigrant sentiment ?

framnly I am amazed he wasnt shot - Upper Chorlton Rd, Demesne Rd is quite a naice area of Manchester ....

perhaps instead of shouting Allahu Akbar
he was shouting " Officers I will chop you up into little julienne strips...." - and by that they knew he wasnt an islamist .....

[Peter Pedant]

// Why do you persist in not believing it was a terrorist incident, but you are prepared to speculate that it was just a nutter high on drugs?//

more nutters high on drugs than terroristen in that part of the city ( no implication about other parts of the city)

hey we havent had
but should've had -

If you postulate something without a shred of evidence then I am allowed to deny it with supporting evidence ....

came up in the Kennedy adminitration apparently ....

[Peter Pedant]

without - dammit
without .... supporting evidence