London - my Lionheart
Jul. 8th, 2005 10:25 amLondoners are stoic, resilient, determined and brave ppl. They have survived the Blitz, the IRA bombings and they will survive yesterday's blasts. But 37 ppl are dead.
37 ordinary ppl - Christian, Muslim, Hindu, old, young - were slaughtered in the name of a perverted philosophy by ppl who have no respect for human life, not even their own. I know the Londoners, they might have invented the stiff upper lip. I was - and will always remain - one of them, having experienced the King's Cross fire on November 18th 1988 directly.
But the Londoners, the Britons, we won't cower - just like we all did after the WTC, the attacks in Istanbul markets, Madrid ... but we should not forget that ppl died, that their lives were taken brutally, indiscriminately ... thoughtlessly. London will remain, her ppl will remain and strive and prosper. Just as she has so many centuries before and will in the future.
37 ordinary ppl - Christian, Muslim, Hindu, old, young - were slaughtered in the name of a perverted philosophy by ppl who have no respect for human life, not even their own. I know the Londoners, they might have invented the stiff upper lip. I was - and will always remain - one of them, having experienced the King's Cross fire on November 18th 1988 directly.
But the Londoners, the Britons, we won't cower - just like we all did after the WTC, the attacks in Istanbul markets, Madrid ... but we should not forget that ppl died, that their lives were taken brutally, indiscriminately ... thoughtlessly. London will remain, her ppl will remain and strive and prosper. Just as she has so many centuries before and will in the future.