Oh deary me, there is about to be an absolute plethora of, frankly annoying, pseudo commemoration of the victims & heroes of the World Trade Centre (I do remember what I was doing on that day, I was watching it on TV).
Now I have said that, I know that I will have stirred the ire within all nationals of the Isle of Yoosay, some of whom will have, by now, decided that this post is going to be controversial, and that I am raising a metaphorical gauntlet in preparation for a duel. Stay your hand, my petulant colonial cousins, (read on, you'll get to that bit), I am bemoaning the anticipated requests on that, oh so popular, social networking site, I do so in reference to their futility, does anyone think for a moment that "repost this if you feel the same" is a genuine action? Does anyone believe that governments will take any notice? Most of all, that any religious nut bag will read it and instantly feel remorse?
No.
These are proclamations of idleness, placebos for true gestures.
"Did you go on a protest march to show your dissatisfaction that your government had lied to you to take you into a war under false pretences?"
"No but I did put up five inches of text in absolute disgust, that'll show them!"
(Believe it or not, I actually measured it! So it might not appear that way on your screen but it does on the one I'm using).
The last thing I wish this post to convey is an illusion that I condone in any way acts such as the one that was perpetrated on that day. But don't try to make me feel guilty because I am criticising empty gestures that are only a cut & paste away from being nothing at all.
I am painfully aware that thousands of families were directly affected by this despicable action, and that it will feature on the news more & more over the next eleven days, I am also aware that the civil forces involved (namely the firemen & the police, but there were others) should also be praised for some astonishing acts of gallantry, they should also be suitably represented at the tenth anniversary memorial service, absolutely, no doubt whatsoever!
I remember being a target for terrorists (purely for the fact that I joined H.M. Forces) and it wasn't nice. It was due to the I.R.A. and they attacked the sceptic Isle on repeated occasions, they even went out of their way and committed acts of terror in mainland Europe, this was a terrorist organisation that used extortion and robbery to raise its funds (but mostly relied on funds from Libya and, guess who, yes some organisations based in the Isle of Yoosay) then, straight after the attack on the World Trade Centre, a certain (unelected in my view) George W Bush was heard to say "if you hide a terrorist, if you feed a terrorist, if you provide comfort to a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist." (Errr! George, you have just inculpated half of your eastern sea board).
The reactions of some of my friends on that day almost ten years ago, the one of amazement, of pure unadulterated shock that anyone could ever want to do something so heinous, on their sovereign soil!
Yet, some of them can be "Gung Ho" when it comes to sending their armies to countries (that are not actually anything to do with the attack), and wonder why their popularity (along with all their allies) has plummeted to depths only bathyspheres could measure. Thanks!
If you wish to commemorate this anniversary, do it in a truly constructive way, give a small amount to a deserving charity, help someone who needs help, make the world a slightly better place, smile and wish people a happy/nice day, anything really but don't just put something (that someone else wrote) into your status and go patting yourself on the back for a job well done.
And to anyone who starts with the tired and jaded "If you're not with us, you're against us".
Sod off!
Support your troops, Yes, Yes and Yes again!
Support the weasely, spineless, power hungry, avaricious tosspots that send them to their deaths and hide behind national pride to justify their means? (well that bit is up to you, after all, we are supposed to have democracy on our side of the planet).
Now I have said that, I know that I will have stirred the ire within all nationals of the Isle of Yoosay, some of whom will have, by now, decided that this post is going to be controversial, and that I am raising a metaphorical gauntlet in preparation for a duel. Stay your hand, my petulant colonial cousins, (read on, you'll get to that bit), I am bemoaning the anticipated requests on that, oh so popular, social networking site, I do so in reference to their futility, does anyone think for a moment that "repost this if you feel the same" is a genuine action? Does anyone believe that governments will take any notice? Most of all, that any religious nut bag will read it and instantly feel remorse?
No.
These are proclamations of idleness, placebos for true gestures.
"Did you go on a protest march to show your dissatisfaction that your government had lied to you to take you into a war under false pretences?"
"No but I did put up five inches of text in absolute disgust, that'll show them!"
(Believe it or not, I actually measured it! So it might not appear that way on your screen but it does on the one I'm using).
The last thing I wish this post to convey is an illusion that I condone in any way acts such as the one that was perpetrated on that day. But don't try to make me feel guilty because I am criticising empty gestures that are only a cut & paste away from being nothing at all.
I am painfully aware that thousands of families were directly affected by this despicable action, and that it will feature on the news more & more over the next eleven days, I am also aware that the civil forces involved (namely the firemen & the police, but there were others) should also be praised for some astonishing acts of gallantry, they should also be suitably represented at the tenth anniversary memorial service, absolutely, no doubt whatsoever!
I remember being a target for terrorists (purely for the fact that I joined H.M. Forces) and it wasn't nice. It was due to the I.R.A. and they attacked the sceptic Isle on repeated occasions, they even went out of their way and committed acts of terror in mainland Europe, this was a terrorist organisation that used extortion and robbery to raise its funds (but mostly relied on funds from Libya and, guess who, yes some organisations based in the Isle of Yoosay) then, straight after the attack on the World Trade Centre, a certain (unelected in my view) George W Bush was heard to say "if you hide a terrorist, if you feed a terrorist, if you provide comfort to a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist." (Errr! George, you have just inculpated half of your eastern sea board).
The reactions of some of my friends on that day almost ten years ago, the one of amazement, of pure unadulterated shock that anyone could ever want to do something so heinous, on their sovereign soil!
Yet, some of them can be "Gung Ho" when it comes to sending their armies to countries (that are not actually anything to do with the attack), and wonder why their popularity (along with all their allies) has plummeted to depths only bathyspheres could measure. Thanks!
If you wish to commemorate this anniversary, do it in a truly constructive way, give a small amount to a deserving charity, help someone who needs help, make the world a slightly better place, smile and wish people a happy/nice day, anything really but don't just put something (that someone else wrote) into your status and go patting yourself on the back for a job well done.
And to anyone who starts with the tired and jaded "If you're not with us, you're against us".
Sod off!
Support your troops, Yes, Yes and Yes again!
Support the weasely, spineless, power hungry, avaricious tosspots that send them to their deaths and hide behind national pride to justify their means? (well that bit is up to you, after all, we are supposed to have democracy on our side of the planet).
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