I would like to make it clear that the previous post ends with a joke. (slow-learning policemen may need to look the word up). I do not, in fact, intend to kill Mr Gill.

Following "coming to the attention" of some guys in uniform toting nasty-looking guns at Gatwick on Saturday http://alphamin.blog.co.uk/2009/10/24/i-am-a-terrorist-suspect-7237156/ and the revelation in yesterday's Guardian that countless thousands of (so far!) law abiding citizens of the UK (aka subjects of the Queen) are listed in the police database as "domestic extremists", I may have become someone to watch.

To be honest, I am ashamed that I have not been on a demonstration since the massive (and of course futile) protest against the Iraq War on February 15th 2003.

"Domestic Extremism" : When I first saw the phrase, I thought it was a new intitative to broaden the concept of "domestic violence" - guys who verbally assaulted their spouses as well as those who physically assaulted them; men and women who regulary attacked their own kitchens.

But, no. The police, by inventing the phrase have not only transcended existing legislation but also the English language.
http://www.kable.co.uk/police-databases-domestic-extremists-26oct09