Comment by vaylian
9 days ago
> Then there were the tube and bus suicide bombings more recently.
That was 20 years ago. Not really recently.
9 days ago
> Then there were the tube and bus suicide bombings more recently.
That was 20 years ago. Not really recently.
If you read very carefully, you'll see that the word "more" is key in that sentence.
Technically true, but also besides the point. These are not recent events.
Yes but they are part of the lived experience of a large part of the country.
So these are not some dusty forgotten thing from history books that people might read about, it was stuff they saw on TV and is back in the news whenever a round-number anniversary comes up etc.
The point I was trying to make is that quite shocking bad things happened semi-recently, and more shocking bad things continue to happen. It appears in the news over and over and over about people being radicalised online.
I get why people think this is a good idea - you need to prove age to buy knives and cigarettes etc, so they think "why not" for porn and other "adult" things online.