A certain amount of sense

[andrewducker]

I as hoping to get a decent amount of work done today, after the disruption of the last few days.  Sadly, just as I was settling in, someone decided that bombing London was a good idea.

I spent a fair chunk of the morning either checking that various people were still alive (via LJ, and specifically london_070705 - which did a great job as a central clearing point), phoning parents to make sure they weren't travelling into London (Dad's meeting was thankfully in Redhill, not central London), and reading the BBC.  Fortunately, things calmed down after a bit, and there was nothing horrendous this afternoon, so I was able to get some work done.

I hope that all of you are safe, and are spending the rest of the day with someone you care about - personally I'm off out to play boardgames, but my heart goes out to the people who were caught up in the terrible events this morning.

I'm gratified that I've seen almost nobody declaring war on anyone so far, and that people are being fairly reasonable.  I don't trust the Al-Quaeda announcement that's been made - and while it may turn out to be true I'm not yet convinced.  I hope that we deal with this well, and that the people responsible are brough to justice, but I think the worst thing that could happen now would be for this to inflame people and make life worse for any innocents.

Comments

Re: london type stuff

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that you're weren't travelling in the wrong part of your area earlier and that you are safe...

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

HUG

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

I think that they expect us to invade some sandy country. If we do so, then we have just played straight into their hands.....

Phheww... that's a load off

[imaget.livejournal.com]

Yours was the first Lj that I checked after I found out about the bombings. I hoped that you and yourn were okay. Glad to have it confirmed.

Re: Phheww... that's a load off

[andrewducker]

Awww, I feel all special :->

Re: Phheww... that's a load off

[imaget.livejournal.com]

Cuz you are.

[broin.livejournal.com]

I got a mail from Seymour, who travelled back from London yesterday.

[andrewducker]

Eeek. Same email address as usual?

[broin.livejournal.com]

The cix one, yeah.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

I got some work done this pm and felt better for it.