General Chat

The enemy within.

I knew a few of us, self included, thought there was the possibility that the bombers may be British born and bred. How sad that they felt they had to act in this way towards the country that had opened their doors to their parents/g.parents. Terrible to realise you have lost your child in the London bombs but then to discover your child was responsible for this outrage and the sorrow, hurt, devastation caused to so many families. To realise you did not know your own child - how does one cope with that? Did it ever even cross the minds of these bombers what they would do to their own families, who, presumably they loved? One has even left his own child without a father and a terrible legacy and burden for the rest of his life. Fanaticism - how do we deal with it? Ann

Ann, How terrible ... I hadn't heard that one of them had a child. My goodness, I just can't imagine how that poor child will cope - better he doesn't find out perhaps. As for how can we stop it, I don't really think we can. All we are able to do is to 'include' people and try to value them as individuals. I'm not talking about some sort of government initiative, I mean everyday people ... ones you meet during your daily lives. After all, how do we know what others are really feeling? Just a smile, exchange of a few words or giving way to another driver ... little things might make a difference. Would be most interested if anyone else has ideas. Regs Jane

Jane - I do take your point. I was listening to a specialist on terrorism on the radio this morning and he mentioned the Cult aspect, willing martyrdom, being respected in the Aslamic world, revenge (for Iraq/Palestine etc), righteous act, pathalogical virus which can be transmitted through the internet, and so on... There were so many reasons given for suicide bombers and their actions, how can we tackle all these problems? Lily

I heard today and it is in our local paper, that one of the victims (innocent person) died in one of the bombings lived in my road. R I P!!! Fi

Fi (and Lilly - new cat?) Nice to hear from you, but a sad occasion. I know there are people from Hertfordshire who died, but none that I knew. I went on a little trip round my ancestors' old haunts about a month ago - I went to Kings Cross, Aldgate and Edgware Road. I can't understand extreme fanaticism, its very hard to know what can be done to prevent it. nell

Nothing can be done Nell - there will always be terrorism - like you said on an earlier thread, it's nothing new. Debby