The
sponsors of terrorist acts against European countries should be told two
things.
First
that we are much better prepared to prevent. The attacks by lone individuals,
with very modest means, show that at present it is much more difficult for criminal
groups to plan and organise terrorist raids. The intelligence services are now
much more efficient than a few years ago. Exchanges between these types of
individuals have become better monitored. Surveillance is more sophisticated.
Secondly,
the sponsors should understand that these isolated acts do not change the way
we see public life and do not split our societies along sectarian lines. We
respond by continuing to lead routine lives. We carry on. The terrorists might
kill innocent people but they have no lasting impact on our democratic values
and institutions. Furthermore, they do not generate c continuous state of social
panic and entrenched fear. The effect on society is local, and short lived.
A
terrorist is a loser.
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