The London Bombings

Woke up this morning to my radio coming on and the first thing I heard was how the markets were falling because of the London bombings. I was like "London bombings, what? Shit!" Hopped out of bed and watched the story unfold on the BBC. Ugh, what a senseless waste. I know these terrorists' ultimate aim is to bring about the destruction of Western liberal democracy, but this is the city that survived WWII's "The Blitz" and the IRA's bombing campaign. Today's excapades sure as hell ain't gonna bring these hard-assed motherfuckers down. Try again, dickwads.

Yeah, I have a lot of admiration for Londoners, they kick ass. I wish them nothing but the best on what must be a pretty horrible day. :(

London Mayor Ken Livingstone: "This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful. It was not aimed at Presidents or Prime Ministers. It was aimed at ordinary, working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hindu and Jew, young and old. It was an indiscriminate attempt to slaughter. ... In the days that follow look at our airports, look at our sea ports and look at our railway stations and, even after your cowardly attack, you will see that people from the rest of Britain, people from around the world will arrive in London to become Londoners and to fulfil their dreams and achieve their potential. They choose to come to London, as so many have come before because they come to be free, they come to live the life they choose, they come to be able to be themselves. They flee you because you tell them how they should live. They don't want that and nothing you do, however many of us you kill, will stop that flight to our city where freedom is strong and where people can live in harmony with one another. Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail."

Posted by Fungii at July 7, 2005 10:08 PM |