Apologies in advance. I'm going to get up on my soap box, I feel I'm entitled. I say this because the city which gave the world Speakers Corner, is currently under attack. It's under attack by hooligans and swine. Dead set on looting and pillaging, and if they can't tote it off, burning it to the ground. The politicians are doing nothing. David Cameron stayed in Italy for a few days while it was happening. His spineless Deputy Nick Clegg APOLOGIZED TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RIOTING and is trying to hang it all on the Metropolitan police force.
London is, in my opinion, the finest city on the planet, barring only Oxford. It's a vast repository of learning and seat of many fine Museums and universities. It's the seat of a nation which has given the world so much. Longitude and Latitude, Time Zones, the Cornish Pasty. It gave us scholars who cracked hieroglyphics and held out on its own against the Nazis when no one else would. It offends me that this is happening. They are burning hundred year old buildings on a lark. Trashing businesses that have operated for decades.
It pisses me right the hell off.
Most importantly, It scares the hell out of me. My grandmother was born in North London, and she is near to tears over this. You cannot imagine how frustrating it is to have ones family under threat and be stuck 3000 miles away and not be able to even be with them. To have to read the distressed E-Mails, and hope they aren't the ones getting there houses burnt down. To see buildings which she remembers from when she was a child on the news. I still have family who live in north London. In fact I have a lot of family who live in north London. The Bulk of my family in fact.
Family who have to go to bed at night with the glow of fires in their windows. They are in a country who has decided they aren't allowed to own fire arms to protect themselves from these worthless curs. When it comes to family, It's time to fight all comers. Screw the water cannons and bean bags. It's time to bring in the Army and the Challenger Tanks.
"I'll Teach Them a Fearful Bloody Lesson in Slaughter!".
If any of my regular readers are offended by this, if my apology isn't sufficient, then I'll cheerfully bid you adieu.
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Nope, I agree with you. Things would be different with people armed and better able to take care of themselves (the Swiss and their almost non-existent crime rate for example)
And Hey! How about that-I can comment here again.
Switzerland is a Glorious country. They don't even chain their bikes up. I asked why, and was told "If some one needs to borrow it.. they will bring it back".
Unreal.
Norway was a bit like that as well. I could walk right into military territory without even getting ma bag checked.
My reaction to London is a brutal 'just shoot the fuckers and get back to normal.' But obviously the UK government is even more whimpy than Merkel, and that's a damn negative record. ;)
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