Thursday, July 07, 2005
I walked home tonight along with millions of other Londoners. Stupidest quote of the day goes to a Manchester family interviewed while trying to get back to their car in the suburbs:
Having been confronted with the effects of terrorism, I was impressed by how calm and stoical Londoners were. It really brought home to me what a blunt political tool bombing is. The Guardian had been complaining that Live 8 was politically naive, but compared to a series of bombs, Bob and Bono's mission seems highly focused. It's not just that Al Qaeda's web designers are so bad, it's that no-one knows what they want, or what they're trying to say. I looked down the BBC's list of post-70s bombings, and felt somehow stronger, and more sure of my western bourgeois convictions.
As if to prove that we can all still laugh in the face of terror, an amusing link: How to turn your doberman into a poodle.
Manchester Mother: People are saying we might have to walk for three hours, I hope that's not true.
BBC Interviewer: When did you start walking?
Manchester Mother: Midday
BBC Interviewer: So you've been walking for three hours.
Having been confronted with the effects of terrorism, I was impressed by how calm and stoical Londoners were. It really brought home to me what a blunt political tool bombing is. The Guardian had been complaining that Live 8 was politically naive, but compared to a series of bombs, Bob and Bono's mission seems highly focused. It's not just that Al Qaeda's web designers are so bad, it's that no-one knows what they want, or what they're trying to say. I looked down the BBC's list of post-70s bombings, and felt somehow stronger, and more sure of my western bourgeois convictions.
As if to prove that we can all still laugh in the face of terror, an amusing link: How to turn your doberman into a poodle.
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