The Independent: Ban against National Action produced opposite effect
The Independent reports that a ban against National Action implemented in 2016 by the then Home Secretary Amber Rudd has produced exactly the opposite effect. There are more factions that follow the same path as National Action.
Dear Ben Wallace MP,
When the ban against National
Action was implemented, Amber Rudd was very proud of her actions against
National Action and there were celebrations. The mass media also talked about
the trials taking place very publicly and all in all politicians and mass media
thought that something major had been achieved. I never thought that such
degree of political naivete was possible in a country like Britain that is
supposed to have superior Security Services. Rosie Cooper’s feelings about
being safe and the celebratory mood about having neutralized certain danger are
not justified.
When I first heard the news
that Amber Rudd, then Home Secretary, had issued the ban my first thought was
‘what a stupid thing to do’. If you drive danger underground, danger will not
go away. Quite the opposite. You will not see it and it will continue to grow
because the mentality of the people you are dealing with see such bans as an
incentive and others are encouraged to join in because they see them as heroes,
as role models, as fighters for the cause whatever their cause might be and no
matter how misguided they might be.
This was John Tyndall a long
time ago. Any
similarities with what is happening right ago? The picture was taken ages ago
when John Tyndall was a young guy. Certain ideas have been around for a very
long time. They are not going to go away with political bans or social media
bans. The danger is very real but you cannot deal with it by running certain
individuals underground. You don’t deal with the problem by creating martyrs or
celebrities and this is exactly what Amber Rudd and others have created.
Instead of tackling the problem effectively,
politicians, mass media and para-political organizations are making the problem
much worse as they go along.
It is self-evident that
the methods used until now are not working and the situation could be a lot
worse than you think. You are a decision maker. You can make things happen. Law
Enforcement Officers, even those in charge of protecting Members of Parliament,
are only trained to deal with ordinary criminals. They have no sense of
political and historical perspective.
You are not dealing with
ordinary criminals. You are dealing with people who have got a very particular
state of mind, driven by Messiah-like attitudes based on the idea that ‘the end
justifies the means’. Their appreciation of what is rational and of what isn’t
is different from our sense of what is rational and of what isn’t rational.
We
are made to believe that this was an isolated incident. This was no isolated
incident. There is clear thinking behind it. There is an intention. It was done
to test the mood within the Armed Forces and it sends a clear message. Because
it was widely reported, it became a widespread subject of conversation. There
will be those watching, testing reactions, getting to know where others stand,
what others think about the subject. I am not surprised that serving members of
the Armed Forces were found to be linked to National Action. I would be
surprised if middle ranks were not aware of the existence of certain ideas
within the Armed Forces.
Best regards
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