Comments on: 7/7 attacks, four years on http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2009/07/77-attacks-four-years-on/ In search of a European identity Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stumbling, Falling, Dreaming & Flying http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2009/07/77-attacks-four-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-63272 Stumbling, Falling, Dreaming & Flying Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:35:30 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=2332#comment-63272 The 7/7 attacks, otherwise known as Nosemonkey's greatest hit :P Joking aside, thanks for commemorating it; It actually passed me by this year. And you're right, it's great to see our country back to the pre-hysteria days. Something to be happy about. The 7/7 attacks, otherwise known as Nosemonkey’s greatest hit :P

Joking aside, thanks for commemorating it; It actually passed me by this year. And you’re right, it’s great to see our country back to the pre-hysteria days. Something to be happy about.

]]> By: Insideur http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2009/07/77-attacks-four-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-63111 Insideur Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:26:38 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=2332#comment-63111 I heartily agree. I also feel very strongly that we have unnecessarily and dangerously played into the terrorists' hands with the "war on terror". It is good to see that the UK and US governments have largely dropped this term, because it was used to justify hardline, anti-democratic measures that violated fundamental civil liberties, handing the terrorists a very significant victory. Bombers like those who perpretrated 7/7 are nothing more than common murderers, and should be treated as such. Our institutions are plenty strong enough to deal with them. I heartily agree. I also feel very strongly that we have unnecessarily and dangerously played into the terrorists’ hands with the “war on terror”. It is good to see that the UK and US governments have largely dropped this term, because it was used to justify hardline, anti-democratic measures that violated fundamental civil liberties, handing the terrorists a very significant victory.

Bombers like those who perpretrated 7/7 are nothing more than common murderers, and should be treated as such. Our institutions are plenty strong enough to deal with them.

]]> By: MatGB http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2009/07/77-attacks-four-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-62811 MatGB Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:39:09 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=2332#comment-62811 Much more important anniversary. It's 4 years since I started reading this silly thing you call a 'blog', and thus 4 years since I realised that us normal people could make a difference in terms of news gathering and information forming now. That's a bit more important methinks ;-) Still, Londoners can carry on, Mancunians can't--have you seen the state of the city centre since they rebuilt it? Horrible. Unless you like shopping. Much more important anniversary. It’s 4 years since I started reading this silly thing you call a ‘blog’, and thus 4 years since I realised that us normal people could make a difference in terms of news gathering and information forming now.

That’s a bit more important methinks ;-)

Still, Londoners can carry on, Mancunians can’t–have you seen the state of the city centre since they rebuilt it? Horrible. Unless you like shopping.

]]> By: 7/7 memorial | Flying Keywords http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2009/07/77-attacks-four-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-62803 7/7 memorial | Flying Keywords Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:16:24 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=2332#comment-62803 [...] 7/7 attacks, four years onIf you haven’t, read the liveblog from the day , have a look at the one year on post, much of which still stands (though, thankfully, this country seems to be rather less hysterical about terrorism these days), and flick through the London Terror Attacks archive. It’s important not to forget those that died. But although a memorial is being unveiled later today, the thing about terrorism remains that it exists to terrorise. Four years on, the level of fear in London is back to what it [...] [...] 7/7 attacks, four years onIf you haven’t, read the liveblog from the day , have a look at the one year on post, much of which still stands (though, thankfully, this country seems to be rather less hysterical about terrorism these days), and flick through the London Terror Attacks archive. It’s important not to forget those that died. But although a memorial is being unveiled later today, the thing about terrorism remains that it exists to terrorise. Four years on, the level of fear in London is back to what it [...]

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