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'Now the Brits know how it feels'. Unbelievable.

Idiots are everywhere.

....and some where bars and stars.

Do you mean "wear" bars and stars?

See what I mean?! I wore bars at one time. No, I cannot blame the beer at lunch time.

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Bring it on bitches!

I like the barrett 50 cal! :)

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> . . . and heard an American (maybe he was Canadian, I can't tell)
>officer say 'Now the Brits know how it feels'. Unbelievable.

There's a lot of that going around. From Fox anchor Brian Kilmeade:

"And that was the first time since 9-11 when they should know, and they do know now, that terrorism should be Number 1. But it's important for them all to be together. I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened."

Yeah, we're much better off now. They didn't know what terrorism was before this.

Americans have a very short sense of history. Our nation has been around less time than a whole bunch of buildings in London. That works for and against us. Since we are generally looking forward, we get a lot of stuff done. And so while Americans in general don't recall the IRA bombing era, and certainly most don't understand the buzz-bomb and V-2 attacks, and what those times meant in terms of a true national understanding of terrorism.

When one of your neighbors (not you in particular, Bill) gets burglarized and you have never had your house burglarized, you feel bad for them. When your house gets burglarized too, your sense of empathy and determination to get something done is completely different (most folks).

We can parse the talking heads all day long. I think the general feeling here is that this is an awful thing that has happened and we must pull together even more to eliminate this threat.

This is a different shared experience. It's not a pleasant one, but shared experiences bring people closer.

Really, who cares what some guy reads off of a teleprompter?

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This terrorist attack is testament to the British Stifff Upper Lip.

What happened yesterday was horrific, but the Brits have weathered through the Blitz and the IRA assaults. Unfortunately, the money that financed the IRA came from our "allies" (which is a subject for the Speakers Corner).

My generation of Brits have grown up with the threat of terrorism and we will not be bowed by it.

I really feel for the families that have lost their loved ones during this attack, just as much as I felt for all the families that lost loved ones during the attacks in Britain and Ireland.

To combat terrorism is all down to education (probably another speakers corner discusion!)

If everyone learns to live together in harmony without pushing their views and accepting differences in views, then there would be none of this tragedy.

However, this is human nature - survival of the fittest rules.

Liz