You've probably heard by now that there have been a series of explosions here in London. My husband Mark was on duty during the explosions but he was in the stables at the time. He's now busy doing crowd control with the other mounted police. Apparently, this was a terrorist attack but they don't know much at the minute. I'm home working, but it seems so crazy to be here working in peace and quiet while all of this chaos is going on 45 minutes away.
Will keep you updated."
Once again, the terrorists have reared their ugly heads, doing their best to disrupt order and thrust fear into the civilized world. Once again, their gruesome attacks have been met with a resolve by world leaders to stand strong against such cowardly acts toward innocent people.
It's sad that we're getting used to this cycle, and what's really sad is that we are virtually helpless to do much about it rather than to continue living our lives as best we can. From the childhood fear that a nuclear bomb could destroy the world, we have moved on to a new kind of ubiquitous threat that permeates our world, teaching us a different kind of vigilance from that of the '50s when we were taught to hide under desks or retreat to bomb shelters.
We now know that at any given place, at any given moment, these insidious beasts, who use violent means against unsuspecting souls, can strike. Whether it's at an airport, on a plane, at a dam, in the midst of city traffic, their attacks can happen anywhere in our world.
Who knows how long we shall live with this new brand of terrorism? We are and will continue to adapt to the threat they present to our everyday security, but I doubt their efforts will ever completely scare us into submitting to whatever message they seem to be sending to the world.
One of their messages, however, comes crystal clear: they're cowardly scumbags.
My heart goes out to their unfortunate victims and to the people of London who will surely rise up from today's ashes and thumb them in the nose.
1 comment:
I'll take issue with your observation about resolve among world leaders. The ONLY world leaders showing resolve are Bush, Blair, and Putin. The rest think that if they sit around the campfire and sing "Kum Ba Ya" long enough, the problem will go away.
Same same with the Live 8 folks. Their objective is to raise "consciousness" about poverty in Africa. Would be interesting to find which of these folks have actually done any "heavy lifting" when it comes to reducing/eliminating poverty. It's a political ploy....when Bush doesn't adopt their solution (whatever it might be), then he and the U.S.A. will be the villains upon whom to heap the blame for African poverty.
Methinks that our memories have gone foggy...
MJB
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