...and I feel fine. As usual the situation, which has tragically killed a handful of people and injured around 200, has been blown out of all proportion. This is an attack on innocent people in the heart of the city where they live and work, and it's very sad, but the reaction seems to have been pretty extreme. My condolences to those people who lost people, or who know people who lost people. I don't mean to trivialise the issue, I'm merely annoyed at a media who want every scandal to end in -gate, every terrorism story to end in 9/11 and every potential conflict to be hailed as 'World War 3'. And the tube will be running again by tomorrow morning at the latest.
I guess it's always the end of the world we know and the start of something new - thus is the nature of time. I guess that goes hand in hand with Michael Stipe's usual pseudoscience, such as his recent insistence that he is vibrating at the speed of light. He is, but we all are.
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I have to say I'm a little disappointed in your comments. It's really very serious.
One Large Brown Bear.
(It's only posted as 'anonymous' cos it wouldn't let me have any of my chosen usernames)
Fundamentally Matt you are correct. The death and injury count are very low in comparison to 9/11 and Madrid. The emergency services were well prepared and Londers reacted calmly. However the incident does demonstrate how vunerable London is to attack. The bombers seem to have had a very easy time in orchastrating the bombings. Not a single bomb was noticed and intelligence seem to have been caught unawares.
This gives good reason for a sense of panic. What if next time they use bigger bombs or dirty bombs?
I agree with the anoymous Bear. Your comment is a little insensitive at this time.
Alec
The post above was actually posted before I read these comments. You're both right of course - I had a slightly skewed view from my occasional glances at Google's news page, and as far as I could tell London had got off pretty much scot-free. Considering what could have been done, it could be argued that it did, but it's not as minor as it appeared yesterday.
Sadly, everywhere is vulnerable to attack, and the tightened security they're placing on ferries from Dover and major stations won't stop people who are already here - but hopefully some of the measures being taken will slow them down. And hopefully lessons can be learned from this time that will stop them using the same techniques again.
Apologies for any insensitivity.
And then I went to google.co.uk and there was a little black ribbon on it, and I very nearly resolved to come on here and take it all back. I am still sickened by the hideous cliched sincerity of every aspect of the media. I still think Tony's long considered pauses are horribly contrived. Yes, it's a serious issue, but it's utterly revolting to see so many people condemning it in exactly the same way, just in case it turns out to be more serious than they thought, and saying something genuine might later turn out to damage their careers.
Perhaps that's excessively cynical, but it really gets my back up. Though, and perhaps this is where what you both said really comes in, not as much as people who think they can bomb the place I live in the first place.
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I fully support your original and subsequent comments, Matt.
Ben
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