Two minute silence

[ciphergoth]

At 12:00 BST today, London and many around the world observed a two minute silence for the 48 people who died in the terrorist attacks on London on 7 July.

During those two minutes, approximately 42 children worldwide died due to poverty.

We are not going to let terrorists cause us to lose perspective.

Comments

[ajva.livejournal.com]

Can the American soldiers ever do anything right in your mind? Or will there always be some self-interested reason for them to do something nice and some way to blame them for others' actions?

I'm heartened to see it's not just me who wonders this. Sometimes I feel like a bit of an ideological leper these days.

[narnee.livejournal.com]

I'm a born-and-bred American who is naturalised British and have lived in Scotland almost my whole adult life. I'm always an ideological leper. ;>

(You have *no* idea how nice it to is to encounter a native British person with views like yours.)

[cillygirl.livejournal.com]

Grief, she's not alone, this was most certainly not the fault of the soldiers. I've met some very nice (and no nasty), intelligent, informed, reasonable serving US soldiers online.

In fact, I believe all of the ranting US extreme right wingers who are so visible online have nothing to do with the soldiers (or probably anyone else who helps others or tries to). If they did, they'd realise how many shades of grey there are in reality and be far less annoying! Those who do or have served or have relatives who have served tend to be far more clued into what's actually happening!

Still against this Iraq war though *wink* (not 'a Iraq war' and not overthrowing Saddam per se at all, just the timing... understandable but... let's just say too many side effects.)