Quote Originally Posted by Snowhobbit View Post
I don't really see the issue. That is how the system works in France, and if "throwing a Quran on the floor" is part of what is needed to prevent another mass murder in Paris/France then that's just how it goes.
Why did France attack Gaddhafi if their system is basically the same?

Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
.Immediately after a terrorist attack of such scale and savagery, I'm surprised the police wern't more abusive to their suspects.
Because two wrongs make a right? If an Englishman stabbed someone with a knife in London should they raid your house and lead you naked outside in the middle of the night because you're an Englishman, too? Seems right in the spirit of the Magna Carta, no?

Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
I'm pretty sure it was the terrorists not the police that tarnished their reputations.
And this is why we need lynch mobs and trials by ordeal back!