OT: London Attacked

[Starhawk]

Early this morning several bombs rocked London's mass transit system, their version of the subway suffered several explosions on several trains and a double decker bus was blown apart.

Just figured I'd post this here in case you folks look here before you watch the news.

[dogscoff]

My wife is currently frantically phoning and emailing everyone she knows in the capital.

I told her there are 10 million ppl in London, and so far 2 confirmed fatalities...

(BTW, if I was inclined at the moment, I'd argue that the subway is actually New York's version of London's Underground. The Underground is over a hundred years old, you know, and was the first of it's kind in the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground)

[General Woundwort]

Does anyone know if the Great Kat is a Londoner?

[dogscoff]

No, old ironwhiskers lives up near Manchester, which is several hours away by car or train. However, he is NOT a Mancunian, and will severely reprimand anyone who suggests that he is.

I hope the UK can respond to this crisis with the sense and justice we are usually creditted with- ie without passing any more draconian laws, without invading random countries or victimising any particular racial or religious groups.

[AMF]

Uh oh....I sense a political discussion coming...I'm leaving the room right now...

[Starhawk]

Let's not turn this into one of those Dogscoff that was a cruel jab and totally unnecessary especially considering the scales involved in death tolls.

We should just leave it that this is a tragedy and not turn this into anything STUPID.