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Personally, I've never been bothered by modern terrorism threats (eg, 7/7) (too vague), or even Mods v. Rockers (just gang on gang).Jerry_B said:But I seem to recall some people here acting oddly because of fear not long after 7/7, so it seems to me that part of what's going on is down to a perceived threat, that probably isn't there. By this I mean that whatever furore is out and about in the press at the moment tends to make things seem worse than they actually are. I don't think this is anything new - as ArthurASCII has pointed out. I mean, it's not as if we have huge gangs of youngsters knocking the shit out of each other, as was the case with Rockers and Mods - and that was 40-odd years ago!
But from my life experience, what's happening now is new and frightening.
Now, any honest citizen is not only at risk of random attack (as ever), but he is at greatly enhanced risk if he attempts to stop young trouble-makers in the street, since they have no respect for authority or the older generation..