London Attacks - Evil Does Exist
Will there be a 3rd World Jihad and another Crusade? Or are we already in the midst of one now? Do the G8 nations represent a modern day "Round Table" of sorts as in King Arthur lore? The following article,...
Posted to Politics by Z.Z. Bachman on July 7, 2005 12:28 PM
"wear a normal face" | britain july 7th attack
This morning, July 7th in London was "A callous attack deliberately designed to kill and injure innocent members of the public." as succinctly stated by Officer Brian Paddock of the British Metropolitan Police. This morning’s attack on the British Transit...
Posted to Politics by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti on July 7, 2005
London
A day after the announcement of yesterday's awarding of the Olympic hosting privilege for 2012, and in the shadow of the G8 Summit London has been rocked by a series of explosions. Dozens of injuries have already been...
Posted to Politics by theco on July 7, 2005 08:47 AM
Islamists hit London
Needless to say there is a lot of worry in this flat as both my flatmate and I have many friends (and for me bandmates) who work in the city. Our thoughts go out to all those with loved-ones and...
Posted to Politics by Marty Dodge on July 7, 2005 08:22 AM
London Is Exploding
Seven bombs sources say have exploded across the Tube in Central London.
Posted to Culture by sungoddess on July 7, 2005 07:46 AM
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Andrew Ian Dodge
Thanks Eric.
2 - Eric Olsen
best wishes Andrew
3 - Dawn
It certainly seems to me that the left's idea of letting the terrorists alone and embracing them with hugs and kisses isn't going to do much at keeping them from trying to kill us.
This one area I strongly support Bush - it is clear that while al Quaeda might be clever, they aren't very smart.
Making enemies around the world isn't doing much for their general popularity. I hope Blair hunts down every single one of them and vivisects them and leaves their corpses rotting in the streets.
Savage motherf*ckers.
4 - Eric Olsen
appeasement is surely not the answer
5 - SFC Ski
This is terrible news, I hope the Brits will find the terrorist cells quickly and take them out.
One thing I doubt the Brits will concern themselves with is, "Why do they hate us?"
6 - bhw
It certainly seems to me that the left's idea of letting the terrorists alone and embracing them with hugs and kisses isn't going to do much at keeping them from trying to kill us.
As a lefty, I can honestly say that I've never advocated hugging or kissing terrorists, or even just leaving them alone.
But I can see now how going after Saddam has taken care of all those terrorists around the globe.
;-)
7 - Eric Olsen
we might as well just give them back Spain and get it over with
8 - SFC Ski
They want the world.
9 - Eric Olsen
couldn't we non-Islamists just move to Mars or something and let them have earth, which clearly Allah has deeded to them?
10 - Andrew Ian Dodge
The interesting irony of course is that there is a major lead-up going on to this Sunday reminding people of Londoners who stood up to Nazism and made it through the blitz. I think it might have an effect on Londoners determination to continue. (Not that bombs are a new thing in London.)
11 - SFC Ski
Well, I can only speak of the Brits that I know; I really this attack making them back down the way the Madrid attacks affected the Spaniards.
12 - Matt
As long as my iPod works on Mars, and you can get Sirius Satellite radio there, I'm game.
13 - Eric Olsen
perhaps this will encourage us all to get over whatever our political reticence is to capture and/or liquidate bin Laden
14 - Eric Berlin
Dawn -- Who on the left is "embracing the terrorists with hugs and kisses"? No one I know, in person or government or public life...
Woke up this morning to the news of the London attacks. Ever since 9/11 (when I witnessed the attacks occur from a San Francisco television station control room) I wake up every morning half-expecting to hear abominable news.
This morning I did.
15 - Nancy
Perhaps it IS time to stop being politically correct, & just start shutting down mosques & deporting muslims back to the middle east they all come from. BTW, I haven't heard a peep from any muslim news source concerning any muslim authorities or organizations whatsoever condemning this latest outrage. Therefore I infer they approve. More reasons to turn them into sheets of nuclear molten glass.
16 - Eric Olsen
I would say Dawn's message is aimed farther left than most anyone around here
17 - SFC Ski
In Iraq, the kidnappers of an Egyptian envoy released a video claiming that the killed him. Probably won't get much press due to the events in London.
18 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
hang on, though, have any of the claims of responsibility actually been verified? an hour ago they were saying that a loada fanatics and groups had claimed they were behind it, but no-one knows yet.
19 - Eric Olsen
perhaps the G8 aspect of this will actually aid the coordination between the nations in the fight against terror - the proximity to the attacks might inspire a few leaders as well
20 - Dawn
My comment is aimed directly at the apologists who think that these attacks are our fault ("our" being Western civilization) for doing what we do best: thriving and being successful.
Unless you are apologizing for that, then clearly I am not talking to you.
21 - Eric Olsen
I say coopt the fuckers even more aggressively than in the past
22 - Eric Berlin
Dawn -- ANYONE who says that is obviously on the fringest of the fringe and barely seems worthy of discussion.
23 - Dawn
Eric B. - Please - there are millions of people who say and think that way, surely they can't be ignored.
24 - Jon Sobel
"the apologists who think that these attacks are our fault"
There are such apologists, but they are a fringe. The problem is, anyone who proposes actually thinking things through and figuring out why things are the way they are - in other words, actually using their brain - is labelled immediately by the knee-jerk Right Wing as being an "appeaser" (cf. Karl Rove's recent ridiculous and offensive "therapy" comment).
25 - Andrew Ian Dodge
JS: You can try to figure out what hell is going on with Islamists without being called an "appeaser". It does help if you don't start by giving them excuses for their behaviour. Trying to understand why people do such things is fine but excusing them is not.