No words, just sadness. Exceptional cruelty in London.
I have a few other posts pending at the moment, but this story on the BBC homepage compelled me to post outside of my queue.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7487126.stm
Yet another 2 innocent people have been pointlessly killed in London. In what appears to be a bungled burglary two individuals have been robbed of the chance to live out their lives. It is beyond sad to imagine the infinite number of potential experiences of which they have been deprived.
23 - so young. London - so cruel.
New Cross, my home in London for half of my time in the UK. I walked those streets. I bought beer at stupid hours of the morning, I walked girlfriends to the bus stop confident that the city wasn't, "as bad as all that". I didn't hate New Cross, I accepted it as it was.
I think its the violence of this attack that shocks me most. While people will say that there is violence everywhere, that doesn't however excuse the act or reduce the sense of sadness every time I hear of yet another incident.
This kind of story highlights everything I hated about London, the persistent state of ill-at-ease in which you found yourself when moving around the city. I spent more times than is possibly healthy standing on tube platforms wondering if there was a psycho looming in the background readying themselves for a random attack. Paranoid yes, but trust me its out there - in all its festering glory. These 2 men were safe in their own homes when they were set upon, I'm not trying to spread fear, I'm simply pointing out that it *is* a fact of life in London. Trouble can and will come find you.
You may ban booze on the tube, (in what is one of the most token of token gestures I've seen in politics in a long while,) but how about tackling real crime. How much money will be spent on reports commissioned to highlight the success of this latest mayoral expression of genius? I guess it's not really relevant. These two young men are dead, killed in a savage fashion - robbed of the gift of life, deprived of the right to a peaceful death.
Looking back, I've never been happier to leave a place behind - even though moving there was one of the best decisions of my life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7487126.stm
Yet another 2 innocent people have been pointlessly killed in London. In what appears to be a bungled burglary two individuals have been robbed of the chance to live out their lives. It is beyond sad to imagine the infinite number of potential experiences of which they have been deprived.
23 - so young. London - so cruel.
New Cross, my home in London for half of my time in the UK. I walked those streets. I bought beer at stupid hours of the morning, I walked girlfriends to the bus stop confident that the city wasn't, "as bad as all that". I didn't hate New Cross, I accepted it as it was.
I think its the violence of this attack that shocks me most. While people will say that there is violence everywhere, that doesn't however excuse the act or reduce the sense of sadness every time I hear of yet another incident.
This kind of story highlights everything I hated about London, the persistent state of ill-at-ease in which you found yourself when moving around the city. I spent more times than is possibly healthy standing on tube platforms wondering if there was a psycho looming in the background readying themselves for a random attack. Paranoid yes, but trust me its out there - in all its festering glory. These 2 men were safe in their own homes when they were set upon, I'm not trying to spread fear, I'm simply pointing out that it *is* a fact of life in London. Trouble can and will come find you.
You may ban booze on the tube, (in what is one of the most token of token gestures I've seen in politics in a long while,) but how about tackling real crime. How much money will be spent on reports commissioned to highlight the success of this latest mayoral expression of genius? I guess it's not really relevant. These two young men are dead, killed in a savage fashion - robbed of the gift of life, deprived of the right to a peaceful death.
Looking back, I've never been happier to leave a place behind - even though moving there was one of the best decisions of my life.
I only saw that news yesterday, thought first it happened abroad, then realising it was a bit closer to home, btw, did you know ilyak were supposed to be playing in that crap student bar last week but it got cancelled, lucky for them. they kicked glasto's ass last week. thought that was bad news when i got the text this morning, but all good, thanks for that Rich, hope alls good there, surviving in London....just Rory