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It seems this Police execution issue is raging in social circles like pubs at the moment, with empathy for victim Mr de Menezes and condemnation of the Police coming mostly from the women, while men take the stoic stance that he shouldn't have ran, that they could take no chances, that them terrorist bastards are everywhere man.
Nothing new here of course, since as soon as violent news reaches us many egotistical armchair generals and politicians are keen to exploit the situation by explaining to the lesser masses how Smart Bombs work, what RPG stands for, how brain signals are severed with 8 facial bullets.
Perhaps the dubious cocktail of watching too many movies and absorbing newspaper opinions is responsible. Who knows?
If one good thing is to come out of the death of this man, perhaps it will be that any potential suicide bomber might think twice about slipping past such trigger happy cops - after all, look at what they did to that innocent guy from Brazil!?
Perhaps Mrs de Menezes can take comfort from this.
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