the UK is significantly more peaceful now than it was a decade ago

fact

also, there is a school of thought that terrorism is just an inevitable by-product of how the human race interacts and it's just the centre of mass that changes not the actual frequency or magnitude of attacks.

proper maths pens studied the severity and frequency of 30,000 terrorist attacks worldwide and found an distinctive pattern hiding in the data. even though the events spanned 5,000 cities in 187 countries over 40 years, every single attack fitted neatly onto a curve, described by an equation known as a 'power law' more detailed pennages here: User Posted Link

so, it's not just religion it's how we roll. i wouldn't worry too much really. s**t happens.

Posted By: Tombs on January 8th 2015 at 07:31:27

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Islam extremist terrorism isn't going to be a war, it's gonna be a way of life for years.. (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Jan 8, 00:25:08
- They need to stop trotting out the line "this has nothing to do with Islam" (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 8, 07:42:50
  - "the Muslim community needs to shame them" (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 09:25:51
    - What self righteous bollocks (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 8, 10:04:23
      - That's exactly my point. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 8, 10:07:09
        
        But have they been? (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 8, 10:12:21
    - the vast majority of muslims do not agree with the attacks (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 8, 09:59:47
    - Jim talking out if his arse shocker (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 8, 09:37:08
  - "Also whilst I am a strong advocate of "free speech"" (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 8, 08:23:17
- the UK is significantly more peaceful now than it was a decade ago (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 8, 07:31:27
  - Very interesting read that, Tombs. (n/m) (NCFC) - ChengdeCanary, Jan 8, 07:41:44
    - probably a better pens article here... (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 8, 07:50:50
- Living in London in the 80's (NCFC) - pieman63, Jan 8, 00:57:10
  - ^Rational (n/m) (NCFC) - ChengdeCanary, Jan 8, 01:49:33
  - To do with tribalism,identity and need to belong. (NCFC) - CROYDONCANARY, Jan 8, 01:00:30
    - and womb on 2015 with its little cliques (n/m) (NCFC) - Goalmusic, Jan 8, 08:10:36
      - or even wotb (n/m) (NCFC) - Goalmusic, Jan 8, 08:11:16
  - And religion always the cause (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 01:00:20
    - Simplistic view there Mikey. (NCFC) - tudders, Jan 8, 01:10:00
      - Simplistic view, SCC, surely not... (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jan 8, 06:08:23
      - Religious is mainly silly ideas (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 01:16:00
        
        Unfortunately, that's as sensible as you get. (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jan 8, 06:09:17
    - No, religion's always the excuse. Power and ego are the cause (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 8, 01:06:19
      - Remove religion and it doesn't happen (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 01:10:50
        
        Oppression another cause too, although whether 'terrorism' then is questionable (NCFC) - JD3, Jan 8, 08:12:32
        
        Could you provide a couple of examples to back up your proposed solution? (NCFC) - tudders, Jan 8, 01:23:35
        
        There's no solution (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 01:27:49
        
        vmt (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 8, 09:12:24
        
        QED, as they say. (n/m) (NCFC) - tudders, Jan 8, 01:40:44
        
        I agree with that statement SCC. (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Jan 8, 01:37:34
    - Thats why I'm an atheist. (NCFC) - CROYDONCANARY, Jan 8, 01:03:09
- A problem cannot be dealt with effectively until its true cause is understood. (NCFC) - tudders, Jan 8, 00:38:22
  - Talking about Norwich,much simpler. (n/m) (NCFC) - CROYDONCANARY, Jan 8, 00:57:26
  - yep getting to the root of the problem is key (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 8, 00:47:57
    - Essentially due to them, or more specifically, global corporations, (NCFC) - tudders, Jan 8, 00:58:31
      - and violence (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 8, 01:28:26
        
        here's the link... (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 8, 01:28:42

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