LONDON CALLING

[B.I]

it was the 2 minute silence yesterday, out of respect for those that died. i was walking along when everyone stepped out from their shops/offices and onto the streets of london to show their respect. it was very subdued, and when over, people just carried on with their lives, without saying a word to anyone.
this manner is very english and some people cannot understand or misinterperate it for something else.
in spain, they feel we should be grieving more openly and showing images of the carnage, and questioning our government for putting us in this position. this was thier way and not ours, but it doesnt mean we were any less effected by what happened.
as tim says, its business as usual and this is not a cold attitude, just one borne from not showing our weakness to others and ploughing on.
i am glad this post resisted opinions, as they were not needed nor asked for. all thoughts and wishes were greatly recieved.

[Marc]

Please, Brian, out of the deepest of respects, I would like to say something, if no one minds...

Don't let the words of a few mislead you. If there's anything that it's being felt in Spain regarding this situation, I can assure you that it's nothing else than the most heartfelt sympathy for the British people, and an overwhelming feeling of solidarity. I can assure you people here has suffered for and with London these days.
Our nations may have had their differences, from the distant and from the recent past. But that means nothing, now. When the madness strikes as it has done, in the hearth of our lands, with such blind hatred, there's nothing left but the shared pain, the shared horror... and the shared resolution to Carry On and Not Yielding.
Beyond frontiers, races and creeds, we let our hearts fly to our fellow Human Beings to share with them these moments.

No one has the right to tell anyone how one has to wear its Grieving. Everbody cries in its own way.

And all the rest is trying to stick politics where they don't belong.


P.D. If the moderators feel that this post in any way departs from the spirit of this thread, I beg you to delete it. And I mean it. Thank you.

[Tim Simmons]

I started this and have enjoyed all the support and thank everyone , who knows how may be next, world wide but can we bring it to an end and move on . Thanks Tim

[Greyman]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

I started this and have enjoyed all the support and thank everyone , who knows how may be next, world wide but can we bring it to an end and move on . Thanks Tim

Absolutely,all has been said,now for most of us should return,we are off to London to the V&A {One of my favourite places}, just a couple of days when we can moan about the condition of the pavements,cost of Taxi's & Hotels. Then off to Glasgow to stay with a collector/friend {Police Sgt} where we shall moan about the Sottish debate on edged weapons and cost of Whiskey...........
Beat that........