So, I return from my morning ride to find that London has been the target of attacks that are presumed to be terrorist attacks. My first thought is that this must be a result of the Olympic announcement yesterday, or perhaps the G8 Summit in Scotland this week.
Isn't it remarkable how, in the shorthand of modern disaster reporting, it has become so automatic to begin talking about claims of responsibility? I expect that Aljazeera will be receiving an audio tape via brown envelope any time now.
It's important that people of responsibility and conscience everywhere fight the tyranny of terrorism at its source -- the founts of evil, fundamentalist/extremist poison that spawn violence and fear around the world.
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