Saturday, October 23, 2004

A TERRORISM LAW REALLY IS JUST A CATCH-ALL, ISN'T IT?: Okay, we can just about see how his support for Republicanism might put him on some sort of a watchlist, but why exactly did anti-terrorist police feel the need to pull Christy Moore and interrogate him for two hours? Moore was travelling through Holyhead on the way to play Liverpool when he and his driver were detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

Now, maybe police really did believe that asking him questions about his lyrics and family was neccessary to stop a terrorist outrage - in which case they're merely thick; if we assume they're not stupid, however, the incident starts to smell a little of harrasment.


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