Woolwich Attack

I must point out that this a news story that I find very hard to talk about or discuss. I think as UK citizens and Europeans we all have exactly same thoughts which run through our minds when we hear about an attack like this.

"Surely not, this is something that only ever happens in very distant countries" This is not to say that we are not saddened each time we hear about an attack like this being carried out elsewhere, it's just that we have become used to reading about this happening elsewhere in the less civilised Countries which has somehow made us hard shelled. Saddened but not shocked.

At the moment within the UK we have mass hysteria, we have people talking about an imminent civil war about to take place. This story has well and truly divided the Country.

Walking the streets of the UK has never been something that has filled us with any dread and especially not at 2PM in the afternoon. As I have said elsewhere in the forum, this is an attack so evil that my mind fails to comprehend it. As one of the reporters on the news put it the other day. The day Baghdad style violence came to London.

Make no mistake about it, this is a very grim thing and what sickens me most about it all is the manner in which the murder was carried out.

Your thoughts on this story.

what sickens me the most, is for the poor man and his family...then it will be the response....fuck all...tip toe around it, lets not make waves

As I said elsewhere on this forum, the thing that really shocked me was the fact that the news channels decided to not only show the face of the killer but also the video which he made.

What a truly horrific sight it was to see him with bloody hands and on the other hand holding a machete, I found this image completely inapprorpiate and disrespectful to the victim and his family.

Wednesday was a very dark day and will forever be remembered as the day that the UK changed forever. This story will forever haunt me. I also think it has seriously damaged the reputation of London. My heart goes out to all those effected.

I also find it rather ironic that on the other side of the world we have ex pat Lindsey Sandiford awaiting execution for drug smuggling in indonesia and in this country we have an evil criminal who will recieve a much lessor sentence.

now riots in sweden...even more tolerant than us!...the more you give...the more they take the piss!

Glad someone finally posted.

one thing i cant get out of my head is the goverment making an overeaction of this cos of the trouble David Cameron was in with Europe and Gay Marriage votes and other stuff its suddenly gone from all the media and speculation. Hope thats me and not the case cos that would be despicable

That said it was a shocking crime must have been as its was Breaking News on CNN for Nearly 2 days.

Kelvin Mckensie made me fucking scream at the tv last night on sky news he was criticising the gun cops for not shooting them dead. mind u the person with him gave hin short shrift said so u want to live in a state where the goverment and cops can execute someone on the spot. he soon shut up then. thing is we get mindless morons
on both sides .
I for one hope we dont see any trouble because that would be a shame although there are still problems think the UK can be proud of our multi cultures and faiths just hope we dont go from the riots of 2011 to Good Times of 2012 back to more trouble in 2013

(24-05-2013 20:21 )HannahsPet Wrote:  one thing i cant get out of my head is the goverment making an overeaction of this cos of the trouble David Cameron was in with Europe and Gay Marriage votes and other stuff its suddenly gone from all the media and speculation. Hope thats me and not the case cos that would be despicable

In what way did the "goverment" make an over reaction?

My heart goes out to the lad and his family.

Here's a young lad with a wife and kid, their whole life ahead of them. A good man who dreamt of being a soldier since childhood and went on and lived his dream. A normal lad, a Manchester United fan his whole life.

He didn't deserve what he got the other day, an absolute tragedy.

God bless him.

(24-05-2013 20:55 )MONEY BANG Wrote:  

(24-05-2013 20:21 )HannahsPet Wrote:  one thing i cant get out of my head is the goverment making an overeaction of this cos of the trouble David Cameron was in with Europe and Gay Marriage votes and other stuff its suddenly gone from all the media and speculation. Hope thats me and not the case cos that would be despicable

In what way did the "goverment" make an over reaction?

The way they said it was a terrorist attack within an hour or 2 of the incident usally they take there time to get all the facts right before they go ahead.

Goes to war in afghanistan and survives, comes home and gets butchered like an animal. This country is in a mess, soldiers are not even safe on our own streets anymore.

(24-05-2013 21:53 )HannahsPet Wrote:  

(24-05-2013 20:55 )MONEY BANG Wrote:  

(24-05-2013 20:21 )HannahsPet Wrote:  one thing i cant get out of my head is the goverment making an overeaction of this cos of the trouble David Cameron was in with Europe and Gay Marriage votes and other stuff its suddenly gone from all the media and speculation. Hope thats me and not the case cos that would be despicable

In what way did the "goverment" make an over reaction?

The way they said it was a terrorist attack within an hour or 2 of the incident usally they take there time to get all the facts right before they go ahead.

it was bleedin obvious with the self shot videos circulated on the media