It may surprise you to learn that most terrorists are stupid and by making their lives harder it makes it easier to catch them beforehand or trace them afterwards. It's not like Pakistan isn't doing something we're not already doing in the West (trying buying an anonymous cellphone in Europe).

Because it reduces attack surface for the authorities. No, registration of SIM card details will not stop or defeat terrorists; but it does mean that the terrorist has to improve his security hygiene to remain undetected.

Wrong. Gas was extremely ineffective; all it did was deny an area to both sides and that only as long as countermeasures were not available. What changed the course of the war was the development of artillery and infantry technique; by 1918, the trench stalemate was becoming broken and had Germany had the resources to continue to prosecute the war it would turned into a war of manouvre.

There is a difference between not being able to include facts and outright misrepresentation. The Turing on screen is nothing like the historical Turing that shines through contemporaneous accounts. There is literally nothing about this film that is broadly accurate apart from a two sentence summary.

No, we're saying that you can't say "Turing commited suicide" because, well, he probably didn't commit suicide.

Russia signed a treaty guaranteeing Ukraine's borders, including Crimea. As for Saddam, you can read all about it in the Chilcot report when it comes out. I can wait.

It is a question of vested interests and poor incentives. Elected judges and elected prosecutors - how can you not end up with poor decisions? Poorly thought through kneejerk laws, like asset forfeiture and three strike life sentences - how can you have justice with a system like this?

Thank you for your opinionated, factless rant. It has really changed my point of view.

Not so much. One, they 'obviously' don't need to be searched and two, mostly aren't in an area where stop and search is proceeding.

I considered moderating this down, but I will reply instead. This is such a warped, confused view of history it's hard to know where to start. However; there is such a thing as a just war, international security is hard, and Russia had and has no right to Crimea or the Ukraine. Iraq WMDs: I remind you that Saddam believed he had WMDs. As for the Lusitania, I would remind you Churchill had his hands full with a minor issue called Gallipoli. And in Syria and Libya, there were no good options, and the situation was not of the West's making; it's difficult to know when a market trader's messy suicide will start a regional revolution.

Stop and search just doesn't happen to rich people. Stop, maybe, but certainly not search.

Yes, try exercising the freedom to share your tits on Facebook or Instagram and see how far you get.

The Culture had FTL travel. You're thinking of The Algebraist. Also, it's Phlebas :p

He may or may not be stupid but it's not in his interest to suggest anything other than that these things are effective.

happens to just as solvable

Er, no.