tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post112118272822771365..comments2023-10-18T16:25:13.593+01:00Comments on Famous for 15 megapixels: Cor Blimey Guv'nor I'm a Cockney sparra pt1Stefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1121214690705465182005-07-13T01:31:00.000+01:002005-07-13T01:31:00.000+01:00Hello MiguelI'm glad that you found my blogDo you ...Hello Miguel<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you found my blog<BR/><BR/>Do you have any thoughts to share or are you just passing through?<BR/><BR/>StefStefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1121213106810781692005-07-13T01:05:00.000+01:002005-07-13T01:05:00.000+01:00Hello...Im from Portugal and i found your blog in ...Hello...<BR/>Im from Portugal and i found your blog in recently updates... :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Bye,<BR/>MiguelA Minha Sombrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418709229669334193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1121212378721010172005-07-13T00:52:00.000+01:002005-07-13T00:52:00.000+01:00Yes, I'd agree with that - Baltic Exchange was a m...Yes, I'd agree with that - Baltic Exchange was a mess and it was pretty shocking for the people who worked around there but I don't think it burned itself into Londoners' consciousness for reasons I'll try and pin down in my next post.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link BTW - I hadn't seen that stuff before.<BR/><BR/>A previous commentator made the point that a lot of time will have to pass before we can view current events in proper perspective. That point has really been rammed home by today's news that four (dead) suspects have been identified. On the face of it, I won't deny that it seems like an open an shut case but then who knows what tomorrow or the day after might bring?<BR/><BR/>And whatever direction the London bombing story eventually follows, there still remain all those niggling little points that may or may not be significant - the missing bus CCTV, the story of 'white' muslim terrorists dropped into papers for apparently no reason, the quite marked muslim-free coverage in the first 24 hours in areas filled with muslims and so on<BR/><BR/>I can hear police sirens outside now. I've been hearing them pretty much non stop since Thursday. I spent much of today listening to local radio and ordinary Muslims phoning in to say how worried and scared they are. It's a nightmare and those who should be guiding this country along a sensible and decent path are blatantly doing the opposite. I feel almost physically sick thinking about it ...Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225855.post-1121209486573431102005-07-13T00:04:00.000+01:002005-07-13T00:04:00.000+01:00To be fair to your panicky friend, the 1992 (St. M...To be fair to your panicky friend, the 1992 (St. Mary Axe) and 1993 (Bishopgate) bombings were pretty shocking in the amount of damage caused to buildings which, if not strictly speaking London landmarks, were at least pretty historic. "Physically visible" damage, to use your words of the previous post.<BR/><BR/>In one sense -- huge and visible destruction -- these bombs were closer to 9/11 than last week's.<BR/><BR/>It did seem a little odd to me too, watching the endless American TV coverage, how frequently Edgeware Road was mentioned (albeit often just as "Edgeware tube station") but never with any comment on its Muslim demographics.<BR/><BR/>This <A HREF="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22regular%20--%20of%20nonarab%20people%22" REL="nofollow">snippet of Fox News coverage</A> -- caught by <A HREF="http://del.icio.us/malaclyps" REL="nofollow">Danny O'Brien</A>, I think -- is slightly revealing...Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502072746955166120noreply@blogger.com