Comments on: No counter-terrorism approach could eliminate a Breivik lone wolf threat https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:35:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Anders Holt https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/comment-page-2/#comment-124076 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:35:58 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-124076 Ja: RT @eriklundeby Risikoen for ABBer kan ikke elimineres. Klok kommentar fra britisk forsker. http://ow.ly/1vf2Cc

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By: Erik Lundeby https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/comment-page-2/#comment-124070 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:47:14 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-124070 Risikoen for ABBer kan ikke elimineres. Klok kommentar fra britisk forsker. http://ow.ly/1vf2Cc

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By: DavidG https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/comment-page-2/#comment-124043 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:21:49 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-124043 While I don’t disagree with the sheer common sense of lancing the disaffection that drives so many far-right hate campaigners, there’s a problem when their views are part of a spectrum of hatred that starts in the heart of the community and is widely accepted as ‘reasonable’ at its less intense levels. As someone who has experienced my own share of hate on the streets for being visibly disabled (never mind I’m middle-class, white, straight, etc), the sheer breadth of discontent is something that most people in the community fail to recognise. In a spectrum of discontent extending over millions, the statistical likelihood is that there will always be people on the extremes, some of whom will be drawn to violence. Whether it be an Anders Breivik, or the five people convicted last week of the murder or manslaughter of Gemma Hayter (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2020648/Gemma-Hayter-Disabled-woman-abandoned-murdered-fun.html), the problem is not to ensure that no one progresses to that extreme of hatred, but that as few as possible do, because we must always recognise that that peak of hatred is out there, and be ready to deal with it.

WRT Breivik, I’m not so convinced that he was unstoppable, though I fully accept the prospect of the complete lone-wolf. The reports of Breivik’s on-line persona, if accurate, seem to indicate that it was wide enough that automated analysis might have had a chance of identifying it as sufficiently disturbing to deserve a closer look by a human investigator. We can only look at his manifesto in retrospect, but if he had already been flagged as a person of concern, would its posting several hours before the attack have been enough time to raise an alert? Perhaps even to do something to stop his second attack if not his first?

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By: Stephen W https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/#comment-124033 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:35:02 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-124033 This is a really sensible article. Good for you Mr Littler.

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By: Noxi https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/#comment-123990 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:58:46 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-123990 RT @leftfootfwd: No counter-terrorism approach could eliminate a Breivik lone wolf threat: http://bit.ly/pNYvFB : writes Mark Littler…

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By: EagleEyes https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/#comment-123972 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:58:16 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-123972 No counter-terrorism approach could eliminate a Breivik lone wolf threat http://bit.ly/ptQ0LR #terrorism #Norway

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By: Matthew Goodwin https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/#comment-123962 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:33:54 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-123962 No counter-terrorism approach could eliminate a Breivik lone wolf threat | @leftfootfwd | http://bit.ly/rlUSrh

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By: DrKMJ https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/no-counter-terrorism-approach-could-eliminate-a-breivik-lone-wolf-threat/#comment-123941 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:55:57 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38161#comment-123941 No counter-terrorism approach could eliminate a Breivik lone wolf threat: http://bit.ly/pNYvFB : writes Mark Littler #Utoya #Breivik

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