Quote Originally Posted by Father Dougal View Post
No because there have been laws in place to prevent terrorism that have been used for years. Many people have been convicted and are in prison now and will be for a very long time yet for planning terrorism acts.

Eg cardiff related is lloyd Gunton. Did he harm anyone? Nope. Did he get a life sentence? Yep. Is that controversial? Not really.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...st-attack-plot

We are talking about new laws here that have been used to arrest people who may have been about to stand still with a placard. Don't bring terrorism into it to make a point about something else.
The bomb example was less to do with terrorism and more to address the point of waiting for something to happen before arresting.

Another example which isn't terrorism then. If it become known that I might have said I was on my way to your place with a baseball bat to smash your head in I very much doubt you'd be using your same argument if I was to be arrested whilst on the way to do said deed.

Plenty of people standing still with placards weren't arrested. Care to explain why not?