The drains have backed up again

Democracy with a big stick

A terrorist attack on a Ugandan school, by rebels linked to Islamic State, left twenty-five victims dead and eight in critical condition. The wider death toll may be higher.

Police say the attack on Friday was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - a Ugandan group based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Patience Atuhaire and James Gregory, BBC News

They may call themselves the Allied Democratic Forces, but terrorism doesn't seem very democratic to me. Perhaps they have a wicked sense of humour. Or perhaps they share Vladimir Putin's idea of democracy, as it's enforced in Russia; only as much as it suits the agenda.


George Carlin nailed it: if crime-fighters fight crime, and firefighters fight fire, what do freedom-fighters fight?