4 Blasts In London
Rob
Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
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The emergency services seem to be doing a commendable job, though.
I was wondering how you guys are taking this. I know I would have felt a bit better if someone asked me what I'd thought about 9/11.
I think it's far too early to judge, as we don't have all the information. We know Al Quada (or however it's spelt) is behind it. We don't have an official body count, as the police haven't released one yet. I'm hearing rumours about various things, but it would be wrong to post them, since they're not verified.
From what I gather, the response is: it's finally happened, and we're dealing with it. Not much else to do at this stage.
It's been said there are only 4 blasts now - two happened between stations, so the people came out of two seperate stations from one explosion .. hence why they thought there were more.
I have to go, barely have enough time to read the whole story but I’ll post more later after I know the full story.
Other than my heartfelt condolences, the only thing I can offer is the hope that you won't be sucked into to the inevitable talking heads' quest to find out "what you did to deserve this". With any luck, you won't have to tolerate such nonsense.
Ugh, we probably will. That's part of the media cycle; speculate, report, analyse, analise.
It's cool that you guys are posting condolences and comisserations. (I saw your blog entry by the way, Aegeri.) On a lot of boards, people would have posted stuff along the lines of "who cares", or "you deserve it".
I do hope you don't go down the path we have over the last few years, with all the finger pointing and conspiracy theories and speculation. It burns my heart to the core thinking about all the people in my own country who would rather be sarcastic and biting than a decent human being.
We did it to the Nazis, we did it to the IRA...
Don't fold like the Spanish and give the terrorists what they want.
I know this sounds kinds of trite from an American, but time like this call for national unity, band together and show the terrorists you won't yield.
I'm not worried though historically the Brits were never pushovers.
Then again, ragheads aren't really people, are they?
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Nobody has given much thought recently to the ongoing slaughter of people in Dafur either. The fact is that we've seen a considerable terrorist attack done for no reason other than to spread destruction and main/kill people in the process. Comparing this to a military action where the target was never civilians, although regrettable that such events happen, is quite irrelevant.
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Jesus Christ, Gren. Mourn for your own people for at least 10 seconds. I'm sure somewhere there's a forum for people who have loved ones over in Afghanistan and that incident was posted.
We can't right all the wrongs of this world by ourselves, but we can show compasion for those directly related to ourselves.
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That was an accident taking place in the middle of no where.
The bombing today was a calculated attack in a major western city center with the intent of causing terror.
In answer to your question, yes they are people, but not our people.
Now, back on-topic: I offer my condolences, but that seems so hollow because I know there's nothing I can do to help.
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I had no idea that had happened, you can't fault people for not knowing something that isn't heavily publicised.
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Advocation of responsibility isn't much of a defence.
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Why didn't you?
There can be justice after all.
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Because it makes him feel superior and morally righteous to condemn those who don't meet his self-generated standard of human dignity.
All men are born equal but they don't die as equals.
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