Talk:Tesco bomb campaign

Motivation
Forgive me for what might be an obvious thing to some, but I'm not seeing what it is this bomber wanted out of this. It seems like a pointless thing to demand. Like saying, 'I demand you carry yellow napkins or else'. Can anyone shed light on why whatever it is they were demanding makes sense? To me its not clear at all what they were demanding or why they were bombing, and what they expected to get out of it. -- Avanu (talk) 15:28, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * He wanted them to produce clubcards that could be used in cash machines, which would be distributed in the local rag, so he could buy lots of copies of the paper and withdraw the cash using the clubcards. Perhaps the article's not clear enough? HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   15:46, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * How do you get cash from a grocery store discount card? And wouldn't it be simpler to just get actual cash? -- Avanu (talk) 15:57, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The cards were supposed to be modified to act like debit cards. It probably would be simpler just to make them put cash in the paper, but I guess he didn't think of that! HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   16:06, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok. To me the article right now seems to say that he initially wanted 50,000 pounds but then decided that he wanted a bunch of discount cards instead.  Like walking into Arby's to rob the place and seeing a stack of 2-for-1 roast beef sandwich coupons and demanding those instead. -- Avanu (talk) 16:10, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for raising this, I hadn't seen it that way. Does this make it any clearer? HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   16:18, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think it does. -- Avanu (talk) 13:36, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

no controversy over the light sentence?
Attempted murder, assault via a deadly weapon, blackmail, TERROR - and he gets 12 years? I would think the public would be outraged that he didn't get life imprisonment. Did no gov't official take a stand, and should this be mentioned in the article? HammerFilmFan (talk) 09:48, 12 June 2012 (UTC)