I've got to admit, I crapped them earlier when I was watching the coverage of the bombing, mostly for the fact that most of my best friends over there use Kings Cross at times, and that I myself have been there every time I've been in England. It's a very important area of the City, so you can imagine I texted my friends immediately to see if they were OK.....which thankfully they are.

This series of bombings make little sense to me, as since no-one has claimed responsability, any political, social or in some way justifiable reasoning they could have gave just went out the window, as was any real reason as to why these attacks could have happened.
As far as I'm concerned, no attack on the public (and I'm talking about civilians here) that takes lives away is justified, no matter the reasoning- I'm OK with fighting for freedom, I'm OK with scare tactics to put the excrement up the Government- but when you target the actual people of a state, wether it's British, American, Irish, French, Korean or whomever then the line must be drawn and the very idea put to bed.
Now, with that said- I do want to see whomever did this suffer for it- suffer great! For it could have been anyone in that blast, it could have been children, or good friends of mine- it could have affected anyone; that's how random and idiotic the attack was.
Funny thing is that the attacks weren't even strategically sound- they targeted individual vehicles thinking that that in some way would prove a point. The only thing it proven was how much of a pile of scum the perps really are.
On the subject of Northern Ireland, I must ask anyone that thinks the IRA are the main "terrorist" group here to go and look at the UFF, UVF, LVF, Red Hand Commando and Paisley's army whom I've forgotten the name of. Some of the above are linked and/or ringleading the North's Drug links, reaching as far as Scotland in their empire of drug money, with Glasgow being the most affected. They have also reputedly been involved in prostitution, and illegal thuggery such as their own personal feuds of which there is a new one every time you think it's cooled down.
Personally, the only thing I know the IRA to do in the North is to put the excrement up Joyriders and drug dealers, which is upon whom many of the so-called "punishment- beatings" are commited.
I'm not saying they are devoid of blame, they are an organisation with the power to deal death and have done in the past, just like any paramilitary organisation, but some reading into Loyalist feuds and the drug rings of the North would give you a flipside to the anti-IRA coin.
And yeah, I agree with F.L.C, in that this country is flourishing and has become a bastion of calm compared to what it was.
That's part of our problem though.
When the troubles were at their most violent, people here were at their hardiest- they were wary of violence and held their own personal morals. Nowadays, with the groups disarming and stepping down (visibility wise anyway.) the youth see only a bunch of "old men" and not the romantic sort of sect they were once seen as- that may sound dumb, but you know; that presence was enough to keep common crime down. Nowadays, my area has become more influxed with drugs and joyriding- most especially the Poleglass and Turf Lodge areas of the town.....back when the IRA were active they didn't allow that into the community.
That may sound like I'm condoning, I'm not- I'm pointing out that there is a difference in thinking these days compared to back then. Nowadays there isn't any real threat of the troubles flaring again, the notions that the groups could kill you is now washing from our minds- as liberalism and freedom increase, so too does the ability to not care for that freedom and to create crime- or so it seems in this country in parts anyway.
Actually, it's getting to the point where white supremacism, using the swastika and the "white power" slogans that made the KKK famous is now beginning to flare up, most especially in Loyalist areas, most reputedly in Sandy Row and other such hardline areas. We have a bit of it too, but it's not really as vocal, or as readily grafittied.
Bottom line is really, when people wake up to the pettyness and stop the differences there will be peace proper. Not before.
Anyhow, hopefully everyone from here living in or around London are OK, sorry for the long post but hey, it's what I do.
Anyway, goodnight and I'll talk to you soon.
