Insightful?

If you are being held on suspicion of the preparation, instigation or commission of a terrorist act [note: no terrorist act need have taken place] under section 40 of the Terrorism Act 2000 the police can waive your right to a phone call to prevent you from alerting your fellow terrorists who may then be able to take evasive action of some kind. At least that was my understanding from what the police said.

No news yet. The government still haven't used up their three months response time. Thanks for asking. We'll see.

Under present laws, eg. Terrorism Act 2000, people can be held incognito for up to 30 days. In other words, you just disappear. People think you are dead. They would most likely call the police. This only happens to terrorists, of course. Right?

Well, actually it happened to me. 36 hours inside. For two nights my girlfriend thought I was dead. She was indescribably upset about it. This is how it goes. What did I do? I took some photographs in the centre (yes, this is the correct way of spelling "center") of town with my mobile phone and some dork behind one of those ridiculous cameras thought I was taking a picture of a manhole cover which could be used for terrorist activities.

I'm not making this up: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1213934526/bctid5172505001

Thanks OneIfByLan, That's a fine speech and I enjoyed it. Now then, I once made a similar speech myself, less eloquently, on a board where my speech was being restrained, tendentiously, I thought. The reply from a contributor was along the lines of, "it's their board they can do what they want. If you don't like it you are free to start your own board. That's as much freedom as you need. It's governments that are bound by freedom of speech rules, not private entities. I like your position better. What should I have said?