The thin line between life and death becomes all the more prominent when such horrific events take place.
As I write this, three bombs have gone off in the subways and one on a bus. I can only imagine the horror of being involved.
I've always hated the London tube and I doubt I will ever travel on one again. I live just outside of Birmingham and I feel great empathy towards Londoners. It is their home which also happens to be the nation's capital and a number one terrorist target.
It's hard to know what to say. We struggle to understand why such people do such horrible things. The propaganda that some of these terrorists have been subjected to, probably all of their lives, plays a major part. All they see is the Western world destorying their society and killing innocent people in their county - may be even family members. Their country's governments and organisations tell them that the Western World is to be blame.So they fight back in the only way they understand. It's hard to know how to change these views.
It's a dark day, and although I'm not religious, I will be saying a prayer for all those affected, you never know eh?
2007-07-19 @ 06:46