What They Don't Say Is Often More Telling Than What They Do...

Back on the sleepy Sunday after Christmas, criminal shenanigans were occurring in Thetford, when what appeared to be a simple motoring collision rapidly became something else:

My ears pricked up at the lack of the usual boilerplate for these incidents, something along the lines of 'Armed police challenged the man who failed to comply and was subsequently shot'. The lack makes me wonder if a warning wasn't issued, which is rare and only occurs when they have no time to do so (and even then, they often lie thst they did so even when it would be understandable that they didn't).

It got stranger - albeity a little more explanatory - when reporters found witnesses who claimed the man pointed his gun at a woman, but it appears now that this was before the ARV appeared on the scene. 

Then this line kept cropping up in online reports:

The man was approached by officers and, a short time later, shot by police from a short distance away.

Again, no mention of a challenge and surely suspects are always shot 'from a short distance away'? Isn't that the point of a gun, after all? Then there was a local news report stating that the next of kin had been contacted, yet still no name, no details other than age, in his sixties (!), with a report stating that the name will be released after a post mortem. The MSM is pretty quiet on this one too.

The authorities didn't waste time rolling out some typical boilerplate statements, however:

Terry Jermy, Labour MP for South West Norfolk, said: "Fortunately, incidents like this are incredibly rare and Thetford remains a safe place to live."

Not mentioning which aspects of it are the rarest, I see, Tel 'ol' son.... 

If Not, Then When Is?

 

Because we've tried singing 'kumbayah', and futile weapon bans, and curtailing our freedoms, and turning our events into rings of steel and frankly, none of it's worked.

Children, Holocaust survivors, religious leaders all have had their fundamental right – to life – abridged by a father and son on a mission. Because they were Jewish. No more, no less – just because of their faith.

And also because of the terrorists' faith. There's no getting away from that.  

And in this initial period, I know what it is not time for.

Oh? Do Tell... 

It is not time to blame Anthony Albanese for failing to do what Benjamin Netanyahu or some in the Jewish community demanded. It is not time to stifle criticism of Israel under the guise of stopping antisemitism. It is not time (yet) to investigate the possible failings of our intelligence services in anticipating and stopping this. It is not time to ban protests and shy away from our international obligations. It is not time to dilute democracy with overreach laws. And it’s certainly not time to politicise by introducing an immigration system based on religion.

How fortumate  that it's 'not time' for you to stop anything the Left is fixated on, eh?

May we rise above this horror and national shame to be a better and stronger country. Where there is less dispute and more conversation. Less hatred and more compassion.

The hatred is all coming from one side, David, so good luck with fighting it with the usual performative theatre ands useless gestures targeting the tools and not the specific hands eager to wield them against their religious enemies wherever they are.