From: Philip Dunn (pscumnud@DIRCON.CO.UK)
Date: Fri Jul 15 2005 - 00:55:55 EDT
Howard Yesterday in London office workers left their offices at noon and stood in the streets for two minutes silence. The theme was London defies terrorism. That the London bombings were Islamic terrorism carried out by British Muslims, who kept explosives in their bathtub, is now widely accepted. I was expressing my scepticism about what we are expected to swallow. I have been saying that the course of events was largely predictable in advance. And so it has proved. Quoting Howard Engelskirchen <howarde@TWCNY.RR.COM>: > not funny > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Dunn" <pscumnud@DIRCON.CO.UK> > To: <OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:54 PM > Subject: Re: [OPE-L] On recent events in London and elsewhere > > > Hi Andrew > > I hear you have taken to keeping explosives in the bathtup oop North. Makes > a > change from coal. :-) (I was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne.) > > The money question is: who is prepared to admit cricket loving suicide > bombers > into their ontology? > > Phil > > Quoting Andrew Brown <A.Brown@LUBS.LEEDS.AC.UK>: > > > Hello from Leeds. > > > > Leeds -- like rest of UK -- very different culture from Spain and NY in > ways > > I don't have time, nor knowledge, to analyse. Anyway, there's no need for > > police occupation - there is, on the other hand, a world press occupation > of > > some previously anonymous backstreets. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: OPE-L on behalf of glevy@PRATT.EDU > > Sent: Thu 14/07/2005 17:28 > > To: OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU > > Cc: > > Subject: Re: [OPE-L] On recent events in London and elsewhere > > > > > > > > Don't we have a member (or members) in Leeds? What's it like > > there? Had the 'terrorists' come from my community in New > > York City, I can tell you that it would be locked-down and > > under police occupation. But, maybe that's a difference > > between the situation 'there' and 'here'? To what extent will > > this event further empower Blair and his 'Labour' (!) agenda? > > > > The popular response in London to the events there are quite > > different -- it seems to me from afar -- to the reaction of > > people in Madrid after the events there. Why is that? Shouldn't > > it be obvious to everyone that the events in London are > > connected to the war against Iraq? > > > > In solidarity, Jerry > > Belfast, Maine > > > > > > > > > Philip Dunn > Philip Dunn
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