Blasts hit London

[Randman]

Much of the cellular services in London were shut down amid fears that the bombs were detonated via mobile phone as in Bali.

[brianleahy]

My sincere condolences to Londoners. Hope everyone's all right.

[Shookster]

It was nice to see the way everyone was so calm though, and there was a great sense of community spirit. It reminded me of the general spirit that kept people going through the Blitz. That was the general impression I got. That also steadied the FTSE because it didn't really affect consumer confidence much.

P.S. I hope your Dad's ok, mw84.

[markceltic]

My thoughts as well go out to all of the U.K.people here.

[Satcomer]

My prayers go out to the people of London tonight.

[fjdouse]

We're used to it, when I was younger my uncle and I were caught up in an IRA attack, so we are used to terrorists.

My concern now is the impact it will have, my dad (who was at Edgeware Road) gave notice to quit his job today and many like him, unfortunately, have quite an ignorant view of all things Islamic. The stuff he's saying now goes beyond religious or racial hatred, I wish I could write it off as shock but he never approved of my views or my sister's choice in marrying a Tunisian, so all this has just crystalised his views.

I hope my fellow Londoners meet this with the usual 'stoic' determination which we're famous for and realise this is the work of a few, hateful individuals who represent nobody and have to use violence to support their weak and backward views. They are not muslims.

I'm awaiting news of my sister, I haven't found out if shes ok or made it home, I'm hoping she just checked in at a hotel or something or is with a friend which I think is more likely.

[Shookster]

Originally Posted by fjdouse

My concern now is the impact it will have, my dad (who was at Edgeware Road) gave notice to quit his job today and many like him, unfortunately, have quite an ignorant view of all things Islamic. The stuff he's saying now goes beyond religious or racial hatred, I wish I could write it off as shock but he never approved of my views or my sister's choice in marrying a Tunisian, so all this has just crystalised his views.

I think that may be just the older generation. My grandfather's against muslims, gays, blacks etc without truly knowing why. My mum doesn't like blacks even though she's a Christian and shouldn't really do that kind of thing. It's because they were brought up that way. The truth is, events like this give them a reason for their beliefs, when before the beliefs were still there but there was no reason for them (if that makes sense).

[fjdouse]

Ignorance begets ignorance.