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mandragora) wrote2005-07-07 08:24 pm
mandragora) wrote2005-07-07 08:24 pm
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I was meant to be at The Caprice right now, being taken out to dinner at one of London's star-infested restaurants. It's been booked for weeks (it takes weeks to get a table there, unless you're Michael Caine).
Bugger!
Honestly, though, petty though my reaction undoubtedly is, it's typical of Londoners. Once the shock wears off, we think of the inconvenience. Every bloody time there was an IRA bomb, or an IRA bomb-threat, everyone just shrugged and carried on as normal. Yes, it took ages to get home, or ages to get into work. Funny how the former was much more a tragedy than the latter... Yes, we mourned the dead and the injured. But, life goes on and it's *important* to show them - the faceless perpetrators - that life goes on.
None of us will be changing our lives over this. Oh, we'll keep even more of an eye open for suspect packages than before on public transport. Maybe some bloke wearing a bulky jacket in mid-August on the tube will be subject to scrutiny - it's thought one of the two dead on the bus was one of the bombers. Mind you, it's also thought that he blew himself up by mistake. I'm not into retribution but I can't help thinking that it serves him right. Pity about the other poor hapless individual. And, really, it's amazing and heartening that so few died on the bus; I've seen the pictures and the blood splashed up the BMA building walls. It's also amazing that the death toll, shocking though it is, is so low. I've seen reactions to the effect of: Ha! Four piddly bombs, is that the best you can do! And, paraphrasing the London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!". Sums it all up, really.
I don't envisage mass defections out of London. I don't envisage any defections - that wouldn't be in keeping with the spirit of things. Just get back on that tube, don't forget your bottle of water if it's hot, and let's go. Well, that's assuming that the tube is working in the first place, that is.
The best reaction to this is to have a cup of tea, or a pint. Me, I like neither. So I'll stick to mineral water.
Seen on LJ: "Speaking on behalf of the people of Essex, we are standing by you the peoples of Londonia in these trying times. Mainly because Suffolk won't swap places with us."
Well, I thought it was funny!
Bugger!
Honestly, though, petty though my reaction undoubtedly is, it's typical of Londoners. Once the shock wears off, we think of the inconvenience. Every bloody time there was an IRA bomb, or an IRA bomb-threat, everyone just shrugged and carried on as normal. Yes, it took ages to get home, or ages to get into work. Funny how the former was much more a tragedy than the latter... Yes, we mourned the dead and the injured. But, life goes on and it's *important* to show them - the faceless perpetrators - that life goes on.
None of us will be changing our lives over this. Oh, we'll keep even more of an eye open for suspect packages than before on public transport. Maybe some bloke wearing a bulky jacket in mid-August on the tube will be subject to scrutiny - it's thought one of the two dead on the bus was one of the bombers. Mind you, it's also thought that he blew himself up by mistake. I'm not into retribution but I can't help thinking that it serves him right. Pity about the other poor hapless individual. And, really, it's amazing and heartening that so few died on the bus; I've seen the pictures and the blood splashed up the BMA building walls. It's also amazing that the death toll, shocking though it is, is so low. I've seen reactions to the effect of: Ha! Four piddly bombs, is that the best you can do! And, paraphrasing the London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!". Sums it all up, really.
I don't envisage mass defections out of London. I don't envisage any defections - that wouldn't be in keeping with the spirit of things. Just get back on that tube, don't forget your bottle of water if it's hot, and let's go. Well, that's assuming that the tube is working in the first place, that is.
The best reaction to this is to have a cup of tea, or a pint. Me, I like neither. So I'll stick to mineral water.
Seen on LJ: "Speaking on behalf of the people of Essex, we are standing by you the peoples of Londonia in these trying times. Mainly because Suffolk won't swap places with us."
Well, I thought it was funny!
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I'm glad you were home rather than headed to court today.
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LOL!!!
Maybe we should have a word with Suffolk. Because you know, it would be worth it *g*.
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As for Ken Livingstone, after that statement I'd expect the next to be 'You suck! You couldn't cause terror if you were a 50ft maneating scary alien!' or words to that effect.
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Loved Ken's speech.
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Must admit I'm curious why a citizen of the Russian Federation is looking at my LJ, though. :)