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Originally posted by RACooper
Well the stiff upper-lip is still in full force... shades of the Blitz almost.
Watching the CBC coverage of the event a reporter that was actually woken by the explosions occuring a couple of buildings down the street... the images of Brits calmly evactuating, while business continued as usual in the background was interesting to say the least...
The most striking segment was when the reporter walked up some businessmen having some pints by Kings Cross watching the emergency workers down the street - they were asked what they think... their reply was (I'm paraphrasing because I have'nt found a transcript yet): "Why should we let it bother us? It may be an inconvience <laughter> but we won't let it get to us. After all we grew up during the 80s when terror bombings were common, so what's new about this? In fact if this is the worst they can do then maybe Cheney's actually right <laughter>. Besides we have a tradition to live up to, you know the stiff upper-lip and all. Finally if my grandmother was tough enough to survive the Blitz, then we can deal with this."
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That's exactly the attitude one needs to defeat the terrorists. Much unlike Spain, which promptly raised a white flag and threw out their elected officials after getting terror-bombed.