Yes. Over-reaction does no good at all. When I go into the paper shop
tomorrow, the newsagent is almost certainly going to tell me all about how
"they" should be stood up against a wall and shot and she would personally
pull the trigger. She would personally castrate all paedophiles, too, so she
has said on other occasions. She's a perfectly ordinary citizen, and I thank
God she has no more power than that.
joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Latane" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: London calling
>I hope this won't offend anyone, but I agree with the
> need not to over-react. On 9/11 one of my reactions
> (like everyone I had many) was to think that the
> government should simply state that the loss of .001%
> of office space (or whatever), .001% of the US
> population, and four airplanes was, in any rational
> analysis, not a crisis, and go ahead with business as
> usual. Of course that's just what the corporations
> did, except for the ones directly involved with
> war-profiteering, who thought it was Xmas in
> September.
>
> What I thought of today was the lovely statue of
> Ghandi in Tavistock Square. Peace to all.
>
>
>
> --- Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I remember a policeman being cross-examined in the
>> Scarman inquiry into Red Lion Square retorting that
>> only one had died
>>
>> What has happened is plenty to get excited about.
>> It's just that, I suggest, the excitement is best
>> contained gesturally so that the idiots responsible
>> who did not kill themselves gain less satisfaction
>>
>> The dead are out of it and the only loss now is ours
>> because, I believe, the dead are dead and know
>> nothing. But the wounded are many; and in many cases
>> their suffering will not end.
>>
>> The other thing to get excited about is the length
>> of time it took them to deal with what you rightly
>> say is a relatively small set of incidents. We might
>> reflect what it'll be like when we are subjected to
>> a nuke or other nasty
>>
>> L
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Douglas Clark <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: London calling
>>
>>
>> Nothing to worry about Patrick. Radio 5 has been
>> calm and brilliant all day.
>> This has been expected for months but they havent
>> really killed very many.
>> Look at Madrid. Nothing to get excited about.
>>
>
>
> David Latane
> http://www.standmagazine.org (Stand Magazine, Leeds)
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