Bishop criticises use of fear to justify legislation
Bishop Alan Smith recently criticised the use of fear and anxiety to enforce serious changes to our laws and policing.
The bishop went on to say: “I do not wish to trivialise the tragedy of the July bombings.
“If you lost a loved one in a terrorist attack it is the most awful and devastating experience. But we do need to keep this in perspective.
“In 2004 around 3300 people died in road accidents, just under 3900 people died in accidents in the home. And, in 2005, 37 people died in terrorist incidents in London.
“Yet the fear of terrorism is being used to justify all sorts of radical changes in the police forces, in the law and it is also challenging some of our long held freedoms.”
pax et bonum
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