London Terror attacks

As the case with most things, I have mixed feelings about the latest terrorist attack. I was struck when a co-worker stopped me in the hall and said “Did you hear that they are linking the attack with AL QEDA?” with fear in her eyes and on her face. I didn’t quite understand why the possible linking of Al Qeda would be shocking. Since 9-11, maybe I have been numbed by all the death and tragedy that fills the news almost every day. As of now the death totals in todays attack are maybe slightly more than the average amount of US troops that have been killed per week in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past two years, yet when those stories are presented daily they get as much attention as the weather report, they are that commonplace. But when the death occurs outside of that area it suddenly becomes much more significant?

I heard Bush give his standard “The terrorists won’t prevail….” speech. Well of course they won’t prevail but you know what, they won’t ever be defeated either. You can’t defeat people whose greatest source of honor is to strap explosives to themselves and blow us up.

That being said, I think it is near pointless for people here to cower in fear that they will be the next victims. We all take far greater risks stepping into our automobiles each day yet we do it blindly and without fear. If it is your time to go it is your time to go whether it be by natural causes, cancer, hit by a bus or a terrorist attack. If you are lucky you won’t even know what happened and you have the bonus of no longer having to be a part of this overpopulated, self-centered, wasteful, rotting society.