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Old 29-05-13, 14:53
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Thanks for posting the Wiki text Rick. I haven't a clue how to do it.

The historical and military connections are in the parallels between the Broken Hill incident and the London killing. In both cases premeditated murder was carried out against unarmed persons by a pair of disaffected perpetrators supposedly in response to the use of troops in a distant land.

The truth is perhaps far less grand. These people try and legitimise their actions by espousing support for a 'cause' when in reality they are merely giving vent to their prejudices and their hatred. This was certainly the case with the Broken Hill pair and will most likely prove to be the case with the London pair. 'Patriotism, the last refuge of the scoundrel'. Just a convenient flag to hide behind when they do what they felt like doing anyway.

There is not and never will be any justification for the actions they took no matter how they try and dress it up.

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