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quote:Originally posted by dragonthief:
It's weird. Being a Londoner I can say we're used to that kind of Paranoia.
yeah, i've had my own share of near misses to IRA bombs, and narrowly avoided being hit by that nail bomb in old compton street a coupla years ago. it does make one kinda detached from this. just on saturday i was explaining to an australian guy that we don't have bins in stations because of terrorism....
quote: But that's always been weirdly local, parochial. This shit, however, makes the whole horror truly global.
if one were being facetious, one could make some comment about how typical it is that america has to have the ultimate of everything, even the worst ever terrorism. i wouldn't say it, but apparently some tourist did. that could be urban myth though.
quote: It is now officially West vs them...
but what's fucked is that we don't even know who "them" is.
quote: It's been brewing a long time, and in many respects we have only ourselves to blame. Our privilege alienates millions. But this? Let's use that privilege to kick ass.... If we can find the right ass.
they don't care. just make sure someone pays a price. they can always say "oops, we're sorry" afterward. though that won't bring back the lives lost on all sides. |
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