[Coach]

>Hey Guys!!
>
>Another sad day when people get killed in the name of
>God.....yet we cannot come forth and condemn these 'isms'. Now
>all the adherents of these 'isms' will deny that they preach
>'murder' yet this is exactly what has happened.


What hapenned in London is horrible! I live 10 mins from Kings Cross where most of the people lost their lives. Two very close members of my family were lucky to have boarded the Picadilly Line 10 minutes later (otherwise they'd be caught up in it all).

First of all, it is WRONG to target non-combatants, whether the terror is carried out by a state or a religious group. In this particular case, why is London the target and not Geneva, Stockholm, Oslo, Brussels etc.? Why was New York and Madrid targetted by these lunatics? Why would anyone take their time and risk their lives in killing innocent people? The most obvious reason is that the nations that are involved in the "War against terror" are being targetted for their participation in the...

1) killing of innocent people around the world (Over 25 000 in Iraq and over 10 000 in Afghanistan [non-combtatants that is)

2) The locking up of innocent people in GITMO, Belmarsh etc.

3) The support for Israel in their agression againts poor Palestinians.


If we agree that a life in Iraq has equal worth to a life in London, then the out-pour of grief would be equal when lives are lost. But unfortunately, when people (unpeople) are killed in Iraq/Afghanistan by the "coalition" of the coerced (or in Africa through genocide, civil wars, hunger etc.) the media reports it as if it was cattle that was caught up. But when western lives are concerned, there is usually a "humanisation" of the victims.

satjas,
Multi-national companies in collaboration with western countries cause the death of millions of poor people around the world every year. The biggest enemy of the world (esp poor people) is one -ism, Capitalism - and the liberalisation of economies.

It is only logical to put all the energy in adressing a malign tumour ("Globalisation", IMF, WB, WTO etc) than to keep whining about a flu (War on Terror).

USA and GB killed more people in Iraq than (the USA) killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; why is it that the media and the people of the west are more concerned about the (less than 5000) that have died due to 'non-state terrorosim' in the west? Are those lives worth more?