Monica posted this link, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4659237.stm yesterday to the AoIR-list where there's a discussion of British stiff-upper lips and reminders of generations of terrorism. The link is for comments from witnesses.
Today's list just came across and there's nothing in following up on yesterday's spate. THAT's weird - business as usual interspersed with comments on chaos yesterday, and today, back to business.
As my flight taxied to the gate after landing in Dallas/Ft Worth, the flight attendant announced that they had learned just after takeoff from Frankfurt about the bombings in London. Maybe it would have felt less bizarre if I wasn't reading William Gibson's cyberpunk Virtual Light, which is placed in North America after natural disasters and disease have devastated modernity. Terrorism and virtual war may be another means to a similar future . . .
museumfreak posted this today, from current UN Ambassador John Danforth.
He positions himself as speaking for "moderate Christians", claiming:
"...for us, the only absolute standard of behavior is the commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. Repeatedly in the Gospels, we find that the Love Commandment takes precedence when it conflicts with laws. We struggle to follow that commandment as we face the realities of everyday living, and we do not agree that our responsibility to live as Christians can be codified by legislators."
Activists were busy preparing for this Protest targeting the G8 today.
Let's see what comes out of the meeting. It would be outrageous for the G8 to merely posture.
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