"bomba" > wrote in
oups.com:

> spademan o---[) * wrote:
>
>> Hope this is over soon enough bomba, you going to be stuck in the
>> office overnight?
>
> The police are letting us leave our buildings now and London Bridge
> station is open, so I should be able to get home. Contingency plan of
> catching one of the boats down to Greenwich, and in worst case scenario
> a six mile walk.
>
> It'll be uncomfortable and probably take an age, but in comparison to
> what others are going through, I'll just count myself lucky.

Please be safe. I wish you a safe and speedy journey home.

Michael

Glad to hear it. I'd be wary of getting on anything resembling a tube
train, but thats how they win though isn't it. I imagine there will be
a lot more cycle commuters tomorrow..

"Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
news.net...
>
> Article he
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
>
> Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead.
> This
> is bad, real, real bad...
>

They've confirmed 33 dead, not including the bus. It seems unreal.
It's awful for those in London, at times like this I'm glad I live in a
small town, but you never know where they'll strike. It's not like there is
any sense to their thinking!
Sarah

Stan Horwitz > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> "Bob" > wrote:
>
>> A coworker of mine offered this "solution": For each bomb which goes
>> off in a Western nation, let's detonate one in Mecca.
>
> Your coworker is an idiot. Such a solution will only escalate more
> violence. We already invaded their holy land and that's why so many
> Muslims are ****ed off at westerners. Haven't we learned anything,
> ever with dealing with terrorists. The terrorists bomb us, we bomb
> them, the cycle never ends.

I agree Stan. The London explosions are obviously a planned retaliation.
Violence almost always begets violence, most particularly when the heads of
state of different countries are at odds with one another.

Michael

"Chris Glidden" > wrote in message
news:cLaze.15989$Qo.14168@fed1read01...
>
> "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
> news.net...
> >
> > Article he
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
> >
> > Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead.
> > This
> > is bad, real, real bad...
> >
> >
> > ;-(
> >
> >
> > I hope any of you in London, or who have friends or relatives in
London -
> > well I just hope to hells you are ALL alright/. Be safe.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Shaun aRe
> > --
> > May all your wishes be both wise and fulfilled.
> >
> Good luck guys.

Cheers Chris.

It's looking uglier by the minute - ~300 hundred + injured, 50 - 100 dead, a
lot of walking wounded on top of that.



Ugh!


Shaun

"JohnH" > wrote in message
...
> Shaun aRe wrote:
> > Article he
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
> >
> > Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed
> > dead. This is bad, real, real bad...
> >
> >
> > ;-(
>
>
> Condolences from the USA, my friend. Be strong, we're thinking about you
> here.

Cheers John. I'm fine, it's those close by, and those who have lost
someone... it cannot be easy...



Shaun

Sarah wrote:
> "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
> news.net...
> >
> > Article he
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
> >
> > Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead.
> > This
> > is bad, real, real bad...
> >
>
> They've confirmed 33 dead, not including the bus. It seems unreal.
> It's awful for those in London, at times like this I'm glad I live in a
> small town, but you never know where they'll strike. It's not like there is
> any sense to their thinking!
> Sarah

I was on the tube behind the one that exploded at Aldgate east. Just a
normal day with normal delays, or so I thought. I'd just got on the
district line at Mile End, everything was running normally. at 08:50
the train stopped at Whitechapel and after about 5 mins an announcement
about a power failure was made. I just got off and walked the 10 mins
to my office which is near Aldgate East. The first I heard of it was
when my friends and family started to call to see if I was OK. As I sit
here now and watch events unfold I just thank my lucky stars that I
wasn't a fraction earlier on the tube this morning.

Mike

"Sarah" > wrote in message
k...
>
> "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
> news.net...
> >
> > Article he
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
> >
> > Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead.
> > This
> > is bad, real, real bad...
> >
>
> They've confirmed 33 dead, not including the bus. It seems unreal.
> It's awful for those in London, at times like this I'm glad I live in a
> small town, but you never know where they'll strike. It's not like there
is
> any sense to their thinking!
> Sarah

There is no sense to murder.

Let us not forget, these are not the only people to be committing murder in
the world, in the name of what they believe in.

I too am thankful not to be in the thick of this.

Cheers,

Shaun.

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Sarah wrote:
> > "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
> > news.net...
> > >
> > > Article he
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
> > >
> > > Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed
dead.
> > > This
> > > is bad, real, real bad...
> > >
> >
> > They've confirmed 33 dead, not including the bus. It seems unreal.
> > It's awful for those in London, at times like this I'm glad I live in a
> > small town, but you never know where they'll strike. It's not like there
is
> > any sense to their thinking!
> > Sarah
>
> I was on the tube behind the one that exploded at Aldgate east. Just a
> normal day with normal delays, or so I thought. I'd just got on the
> district line at Mile End, everything was running normally. at 08:50
> the train stopped at Whitechapel and after about 5 mins an announcement
> about a power failure was made. I just got off and walked the 10 mins
> to my office which is near Aldgate East. The first I heard of it was
> when my friends and family started to call to see if I was OK. As I sit
> here now and watch events unfold I just thank my lucky stars that I
> wasn't a fraction earlier on the tube this morning.

Holy hells. You OK?

Shaun

bomba wrote:
> spademan o---[) * wrote:
>
>>Bomba is holed up in his office ATM.
>>The whole thing really sucks, must be bloody scary for anyone in London.
>
>
> Aye, London's not a happy place at the moment. Pretty much the only
> sounds are sirens and helicopters.
>
> As far as I can tell, all my family and friends are ok. I've had a fair
> few concerned phone calls and e-mails, as I normally work out of an
> office round the corner from Moorgate (scene of one of the blasts).
> However, I'm working out of our other office today.
>
> Anyway, **** 'em. We've been through worse, we'll come through this.
>

Wow. Stay safe everyone. Truly a sad day. As much as I hope it won't
happen, I imagine this will continue to spiral into more ugliness and
suffering.

Glad you guys are OK. I wonder how my other London friends are fairing...

Matt (former Fullum resident)

Shaun aRe wrote:
> "JohnH" > wrote in message
>> Condolences from the USA, my friend. Be strong, we're thinking
>> about you here.
>
> Cheers John. I'm fine, it's those close by, and those who have lost
> someone... it cannot be easy...
>
>
>
> Shaun

another massive tragedy in the name of politics and religion, very sad. My
prayers are for peace and an end to violence.

These posting are reminiscent to 9/11 - I used to be on a list serve and one
of the members worked about 2 blocks from ground zero. We were getting
minute by minute reports from her, then a deadly silence for a few hours
while she walked home, and then more reports on what that was like.

Shaune, what's up with alt. skunks anyway?

Penny S

Shaun aRe wrote:

> There is no sense to murder.
>
> Let us not forget, these are not the only people to be committing
> murder in the world, in the name of what they believe in.

Casualties of war -- while tragic, maddening and often even senseless -- can
hardly be equated with the deliberate targeting of innocents by terrorists.

Bill S. (two cents please)

"MattB" > wrote in message
...
> bomba wrote:
> > spademan o---[) * wrote:
> >
> >>Bomba is holed up in his office ATM.
> >>The whole thing really sucks, must be bloody scary for anyone in London.
> >
> >
> > Aye, London's not a happy place at the moment. Pretty much the only
> > sounds are sirens and helicopters.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, all my family and friends are ok. I've had a fair
> > few concerned phone calls and e-mails, as I normally work out of an
> > office round the corner from Moorgate (scene of one of the blasts).
> > However, I'm working out of our other office today.
> >
> > Anyway, **** 'em. We've been through worse, we'll come through this.
> >
>
> Wow. Stay safe everyone. Truly a sad day. As much as I hope it won't
> happen, I imagine this will continue to spiral into more ugliness and
> suffering.

Indeed, but it doesn't stop us from hoping otherwise, and living our lives
in a peace promoting way, does it?

> Glad you guys are OK. I wonder how my other London friends are fairing...
>
> Matt (former Fullum resident)

I hope they're all OK and coping with the shock well, Matt.

Take care!

Shaun

"Bill Sornson" > wrote in message
...
> Shaun aRe wrote:
>
> > There is no sense to murder.
> >
> > Let us not forget, these are not the only people to be committing
> > murder in the world, in the name of what they believe in.
>
> Casualties of war -- while tragic, maddening and often even senseless --
can
> hardly be equated with the deliberate targeting of innocents by
terrorists.
>
> Bill S. (two cents please)

I don't know Bill - it's all semantics to me.

<Rest of what I typed deleted - don't want this to turn into a political
argument!>

Shaun

Shaun aRe wrote:
> "Bill Sornson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Shaun aRe wrote:
>>
>>> There is no sense to murder.
>>>
>>> Let us not forget, these are not the only people to be committing
>>> murder in the world, in the name of what they believe in.
>>
>> Casualties of war -- while tragic, maddening and often even
>> senseless -- can hardly be equated with the deliberate targeting of
>> innocents by terrorists.
>>
>> Bill S. (two cents please)
>
> I don't know Bill - it's all semantics to me.

Boy, Shaun, not to me. The very same cowards who blow up crowded busses and
trains also run their operations from residential areas, hospitals and even
mosques to insure civilian losses on THEIR side, too.

> <Rest of what I typed deleted - don't want this to turn into a
> political argument!>

<Agreed.>

"small change" > wrote in message
...
> Shaun aRe wrote:
> > "JohnH" > wrote in message
> >> Condolences from the USA, my friend. Be strong, we're thinking
> >> about you here.
> >
> > Cheers John. I'm fine, it's those close by, and those who have lost
> > someone... it cannot be easy...
> >
> >
> >
> > Shaun
>
> another massive tragedy in the name of politics and religion, very sad.
My
> prayers are for peace and an end to violence.

Hey Penny - I am most *definately* with you here! Violence begets violence -
we have a long history proving just that...

> These posting are reminiscent to 9/11 - I used to be on a list serve and
one
> of the members worked about 2 blocks from ground zero. We were getting
> minute by minute reports from her, then a deadly silence for a few hours
> while she walked home, and then more reports on what that was like.

It's crazy isn't it?!? <Sigh!>

Kath (before we met) had been in NYC just before that happened, they'd
gotten on one of the last flights out...

> Shaune, what's up with alt. skunks anyway?

A bunch of writer types I know hang there, some of who I consider friends -
it has nothing to do with skunks, hasn't for a long time...

Cheers Penny,

Shaun
--
May all your wishes be both wise and fulfilled.

Shaun aRe wrote:
> Article he
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
>
> Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead. This
> is bad, real, real bad...
>
>
> ;-(
>
>
> I hope any of you in London, or who have friends or relatives in London -
> well I just hope to hells you are ALL alright/. Be safe.
>
>
>
>
>
> Shaun aRe
> --
> May all your wishes be both wise and fulfilled.
>
>

-- Sources: U.S. terror threat level to be raised to orange for mass
transit network in wake of London bombings.


--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

spademan o---[) * wrote:
> Glad to hear it. I'd be wary of getting on anything resembling a tube
> train, but thats how they win though isn't it. I imagine there will be
> a lot more cycle commuters tomorrow..

And I may well be one of them. I'll check the trains tomorrow morning,
but if they're as bad as I think they're going to be, then I'll be
hopping on the bike.

I've been meaning to do it for a while, but I've been waiting for my
ankle to properly heal up.

Latest word from round here is that people are queueing over London
Bridge to get in to the station. It could be a long night...

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Bill Sornson wrote:

> Shaun aRe wrote:
>
>> There is no sense to murder.
>>
>> Let us not forget, these are not the only people to be committing
>> murder in the world, in the name of what they believe in.
>
> Casualties of war -- while tragic, maddening and often even senseless -- can
> hardly be equated with the deliberate targeting of innocents by terrorists.

.... or, you know, he _could_ be talking about the chinese terrorists.

lena

"bomba" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> spademan o---[) * wrote:
>> Glad to hear it. I'd be wary of getting on anything resembling a tube
>> train, but thats how they win though isn't it. I imagine there will be
>> a lot more cycle commuters tomorrow..
>
> And I may well be one of them. I'll check the trains tomorrow morning,
> but if they're as bad as I think they're going to be, then I'll be
> hopping on the bike.
>
> I've been meaning to do it for a while, but I've been waiting for my
> ankle to properly heal up.
>
> Latest word from round here is that people are queueing over London
> Bridge to get in to the station. It could be a long night...
>
Be safe getting home brother.

CG

"Shaun aRe" > wrote in
news.net:

>> Al Quaeda (spelling?) have claimed
>> responsibility but not sure how truthful this is. Tony Blairs on
>> his way back from Gleneagles.
>
> Yup - they posted a message making the claim, on a Muslin web-site
> - still unconfirmed last I heard.

Interesting how this happens just as Bush wants to talk security and
the others want to push Kyoto...wonder what the motivation was to hit
Britain at this time, if it was a willful act and not a gas explosion.
At any rate, I'm leaning towards thinking it had nothing to do with the
G-8.

I am wary of claims at this point and hope the British security people
are also careful before jumping the gun (as it were).

--

"Compassion is the chief law of human existence."

Dostoevski, The Idiot

Shaun aRe wrote:
>> Article he
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
>>
>> Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed
>> dead. This is bad, real, real bad...
>>
>>
>> ;-(
>>
>>
>> I hope any of you in London, or who have friends or relatives in
>> London - well I just hope to hells you are ALL alright/. Be safe.
>>
>>
>>
I echo your sentiments Shaun. It is indeed a sad day.

Debbie

Ride-A-Lot wrote:

> Shaun aRe wrote:
>
> Any word on who's responsible yet? The news here in the states is
> spotty and I can't get to the BBC UK site.

A tip for next time: go to http://news.google.com; go to the bottom,
click on the UK edition.

--
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John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.

Shaun aRe wrote:
> Article he
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
>
> Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead. This
> is bad, real, real bad...

I've rather strangely found myself singing a bit of Noel Coward to
myself most of the day. Seems as rational a response as any, I guess.

RobtE

"London Pride"
In our city darkened now, street and square and crescent,
We can feel our living past in our shadowed present,
Ghosts beside our starlit Thames
Who lived and loved and died
Keep throughout the ages London Pride.

London Pride has been handed down to us.
London Pride is a flower that's free.
London Pride means our own dear town to us,
And our pride it for ever will be.
Grey city
Stubbornly implanted,
Taken so for granted
For a thousand years.
Stay, city,
Smokily enchanted,
Cradle of our memories and hopes and fears.
Every Blitz
Your resistance
Toughening,
From the Ritz
To the Anchor and Crown,
Nothing ever could override
The pride of London Town.

Stan Horwitz wrote:

> Haven't you been paying attention? The Israelis have always very quick
> at reprisal whenever a terrorist attack occurs in Israel and they are
> very up front about it. What has reprisal gotten the Israelis? More
> terrorist attacks. Violence begets violence. Period.


Nope, I have to disagree in regard to the Israelis, Stanley. The Israelis
have delivered CRUSHING blows to those who promulgate suicide bombings -
which is why the incidence of suicide bombings in Israel is WAY down...

--
Best
Greg

"Sarah" > wrote in message
k...
>
> "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
> news.net...
>>
>> Article he
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
>>
>> Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead.
>> This
>> is bad, real, real bad...
>>
>
> They've confirmed 33 dead, not including the bus. It seems unreal.
> It's awful for those in London, at times like this I'm glad I live in a
> small town, but you never know where they'll strike. It's not like there
> is any sense to their thinking!
> Sarah
>
Hmmmm, try living in NI around July 12th!

I went out in New York City today. On the way home, two police
officers boarded the bus into which I had just stepped. While one
stayed in front of the vehicle and kept all the passenger in his
sight, the other one walked through the bus to look at the people in
it and look for anything suspicious. The whole procedure took a
minute or less, but it gave one much food for thought.

When I got home, I saw on CNN that this is something that is going on
today in many cities in the USA, that security agents or public
servants (police, fire) are randomly checking out public
transportation. It is the first time since 9/11 that I sorely feel
that we and our allies are at war with an enemy against whom we have
little power to really defend ourselves and whom we possibly not even
know.

This is a sad day here and I can barely fathom how terrible this day
is in the United Kingdom. My heart goes out to all who are suffering
and I wish I could offer some words of solace. Sadly, those words
have yet to be coined. MS

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:26:26 -0500, Dan Goodman wrote:

> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>
> > Shaun aRe wrote:
> >
> > Any word on who's responsible yet? The news here in the states is
> > spotty and I can't get to the BBC UK site.
>
> A tip for next time: go to http://news.google.com; go to the bottom,
> click on the UK edition.

I guess my google page was missing a line... so I typed UK Edition
into the search box and got http://news.bbc.co.uk/

That's awful news! The mindset of bombers is one that eludes me.

sf wrote:

> That's awful news! The mindset of bombers is one that eludes me.


Easy for anyone with half a brain to figger out, sf - they're stinkin'
*Muslims*...Islam fosters a lifestyle that embraces *death*, not life.

Because of Muslims, this planet is fighting it's very own _War Of The
Worlds_...no alien invasion could be worse than what the sneeky Muslims are
doing to destroy the planet.

--
Best
Greg

"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message
...
>I went out in New York City today. On the way home, two police
>officers boarded the bus into which I had just stepped. While one
>stayed in front of the vehicle and kept all the passenger in his sight,
>the other one walked through the bus to look at the people in it and
>look for anything suspicious. The whole procedure took a minute or
>less, but it gave one much food for thought.
>
> When I got home, I saw on CNN that this is something that is going on
> today in many cities in the USA, that security agents or public
> servants (police, fire) are randomly checking out public
> transportation. It is the first time since 9/11 that I sorely feel
> that we and our allies are at war with an enemy against whom we have
> little power to really defend ourselves and whom we possibly not even
> know.
>
> This is a sad day here and I can barely fathom how terrible this day
> is in the United Kingdom. My heart goes out to all who are suffering
> and I wish I could offer some words of solace. Sadly, those words
> have yet to be coined. MS

Thank you Margaret

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Gregory Morrow wrote:

>
> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>
>> Haven't you been paying attention? The Israelis have always very quick
>> at reprisal whenever a terrorist attack occurs in Israel and they are
>> very up front about it. What has reprisal gotten the Israelis? More
>> terrorist attacks. Violence begets violence. Period.
>
>
> Nope, I have to disagree in regard to the Israelis, Stanley. The Israelis
> have delivered CRUSHING blows to those who promulgate suicide bombings -
> which is why the incidence of suicide bombings in Israel is WAY down...

the Israelis have become all that they abhorred.

Those who would sacrifice a few essential liberties for the sake of safety
and security deserve neither.

Lena

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Gregory Morrow wrote:

>
> sf wrote:
>
>> That's awful news! The mindset of bombers is one that eludes me.
>
> Because of Muslims, this planet is fighting it's very own _War Of The
> Worlds_...no alien invasion could be worse than what the sneeky Muslims are
> doing to destroy the planet.

*snort* funny, I thought it was America that was destroying the planet.
2% of the worlds population, with more than 50% of the wealth and
pollution.


To Make This a Food Topic:

Candied Carnage and Carmelized Corpses.... what you get when a powdered
sugar factory blows up. (yes, this picture has been in my brain all day)

Lena

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Margaret Suran wrote:

> I went out in New York City today. On the way home, two police officers
> boarded the bus into which I had just stepped. While one stayed in front of
> the vehicle and kept all the passenger in his sight, the other one walked
> through the bus to look at the people in it and look for anything suspicious.
> The whole procedure took a minute or less, but it gave one much food for
> thought.
>
> When I got home, I saw on CNN that this is something that is going on today
> in many cities in the USA, that security agents or public servants (police,
> fire) are randomly checking out public transportation. It is the first time
> since 9/11 that I sorely feel that we and our allies are at war with an enemy
> against whom we have little power to really defend ourselves and whom we
> possibly not even know.
>
> This is a sad day here and I can barely fathom how terrible this day is in
> the United Kingdom. My heart goes out to all who are suffering and I wish I
> could offer some words of solace. Sadly, those words have yet to be coined.

When words fail, a moment of silence is appreciated.

Let your heart go out to those who have lost loved ones on this day.

((and, if you're christian and not heathen like me, make sure your love
goes out to both guilty and innocent alike))

Lena

"<RJ>" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 12:49:55 +0100, "Shaun aRe"
> >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Bob" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>> A coworker of mine offered this "solution": For each bomb which goes off
>>in
>>> a Western nation, let's detonate one in Mecca.
>>
>>You cannot fight indiscriminate hate crimes, with indiscriminate
>>reprisals -
>>it's like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.
>>
>>Acting in a reactionary manner achieves NOTHING but more *innocent*
>>deaths -
>>it merely causes escalation - think about that. Sorry Bob, but your
>>co-worker is an idiot, or he is unable to see the real picture due to some
>>form of psycho-emotional myopia.
>>Shaun aRe
>
> Oooohhhh I disagree.
> Often, nothing gets your point across like a good "bad example".
>
> In fact, I'm surprised that a restaurant bombing in TelAviv
> isn't followed by a mysterious restaurant bombing in the Palestinian
> sector.
>
> <rj>

"Tit for tat" has never worked.

Dora

To a horrendous degree, yes it is. =o( It's lousy-stinking AWFUL!

To all English RFC-ers, and especially to those living in London, I
hope you and your family and friends are safe, and anyone you're
worried about will soon make contact to tell you they're all right.
We're with you, England, as you were with us on 9/11

Melissa Houle

"Shaun aRe" wrote in message >
> Article he
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4659093.stm
>
> Since the article, MANY more than the 2 first mentioned confirmed dead.
> This
> is bad, real, real bad...
>
> I hope any of you in London, or who have friends or relatives in London -
> well I just hope to hells you are ALL alright/. Be safe.
>
> Shaun aRe

I watched in horror early this morning but didn't post because I was on my
way to a medical appointment and beyond. What a senseless loss of life and
limb and what cowards they are. I also post on a UK newsgroup and was
amazed by several responses: "We don't live in London so why should we
care?". Are people really that blasé at home anymore?

Dora

sf wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:26:26 -0500, Dan Goodman wrote:
>
> > Ride-A-Lot wrote:
> >
> > > Shaun aRe wrote:
> > >
> > > Any word on who's responsible yet? The news here in the states
> > is > spotty and I can't get to the BBC UK site.
> >
> > A tip for next time: go to http://news.google.com; go to the
> > bottom, click on the UK edition.
>
> I guess my google page was missing a line... so I typed UK Edition
> into the search box and got http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Were you starting from the main Google page, or from news.google.com?

Usually, news.google.com has at the very bottom of the page a listing
of all editions. English-language for US, Canada, UK, Australia,
India, and New Zealand. French for France, Switzerland, and Canada.
Italian for Italy and Switzerland. German for Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland. Spanish for Spain and several Latin American countries.
Chinese for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (and I wish I was able to
compare those three, to see which one left out what news...) Japanese.
Korean.

But you won't see that choice on the Google home page.


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limey wrote:

>
> "<RJ>" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 12:49:55 +0100, "Shaun aRe"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> >>"Bob" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > A coworker of mine offered this "solution": For each bomb which
> > > > goes off
> > > in
> > > > a Western nation, let's detonate one in Mecca.
> > >
> > > You cannot fight indiscriminate hate crimes, with indiscriminate
> > > reprisals - it's like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.
> > >
> > > Acting in a reactionary manner achieves NOTHING but more innocent
> > > deaths - it merely causes escalation - think about that. Sorry
> > > Bob, but your co-worker is an idiot, or he is unable to see the
> > > real picture due to some form of psycho-emotional myopia.
> > > Shaun aRe
> >
> > Oooohhhh I disagree.
> > Often, nothing gets your point across like a good "bad example".
> >
> > In fact, I'm surprised that a restaurant bombing in TelAviv
> > isn't followed by a mysterious restaurant bombing in the
> > Palestinian sector.
> >
> "Tit for tat" has never worked.

Sure it has. There were several species of intelligent dinosaur. One
of them tried to take over the world.

They're not around anymore. Their opponents were victorious!


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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
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On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:18:09 -0700, Chris Glidden wrote:

>> Latest word from round here is that people are queueing over London
>> Bridge to get in to the station. It could be a long night...
>>
> Be safe getting home brother.

Turned out ok. Everyone tried to get out of London at 5 (hmm,
post-terrorist attack, let's see if we can form the largest crowd
possible(?)), so by the time I got out the pub everywhere was pretty much
deserted.

Michel Boucher wrote:
> "Shaun aRe" > wrote in
> news.net:
>
>>> Al Quaeda (spelling?) have claimed
>>> responsibility but not sure how truthful this is. Tony Blairs on
>>> his way back from Gleneagles.
>>
>> Yup - they posted a message making the claim, on a Muslin web-site
>> - still unconfirmed last I heard.
>
> Interesting how this happens just as Bush wants to talk security and
> the others want to push Kyoto...wonder what the motivation was to hit
> Britain at this time, if it was a willful act and not a gas explosion.

GAS EXPLOSION?!? /FOUR/ of 'em?!? (Including one on a friggin' BUS?!?)

> At any rate, I'm leaning towards thinking it had nothing to do with
> the G-8.
>
> I am wary of claims at this point and hope the British security people
> are also careful before jumping the gun (as it were).

Chances are there's some video. We'll know who's responsible soon.