Whilst crap excuses are abound, the way the government is mimicking the US administration is quite startling. But unlike the heavily obstructed and censored 9-11 Commission report, the British government has gone one better and decided to write a narrative instead. Which is basically a non-independent, no answers, government inspired fairy tale.
Although, you all may in a few days be none-the-better about this piece of news, keep your thoughts alight for both the families of the victims of 7/7 and the Muslim community, both who need answers desperately ““ for the first group it is to know why their loved ones really died and for the second why they are becoming the new victims.
The account below, in part, can be answered by the above.
A year before 7/7, whilst sitting on a bench at Kings Cross underground station, I discovered an unattended bag. It definitely looked suspiciously ominous - all black and discreetly tucked away under the seat next to me. It passed through my mind that maybe I should ignore it and hopefully the responsibility of reporting it to the Transport Police would be relegated to someone more conscientious than me. Alas, I enquired around and nobody seemed to care. Graciously, an actual Police officer stepped onto the platform from the train which had just arrived. I quickly informed him about the bag; he thanked me appreciatively and told me not to worry. I got on the train feeling warm and proud - knowing that I was someone with a sense of civic responsibility.
Last week whilst on an escalator at Victoria Station, I and another brother found ourselves directly behind a group of Police officers. I had a palpable sense of apprehension just standing there; maybe it was the thought of de Menezes being shot lingering in the back of my mind or maybe it was that humiliation you feel when getting the Section 44b pink producer for being searched. As we approached the bottom of the escalator, the train had just arrived. We all quickly broke into a slight jog in order to get on before the doors closed, the Police first entered into the train carriage, but upon seeing the Police enter, both the brother and I momentarily froze. Like some apparition had caught us in its grip, warning us of some foreboding gloom. We turned around and decided to wait for the next train. By missing the train you may well say that we overreacted. Maybe you’re right. But from what I see, SO19 now replace the long gone “Ëœfriendly Bobbies’, while fear and intimidation take the places of respect and co-operation. I still want to be an honest and good member of British society, just don’t crack your whip to remind me.
December 15th, 2005 at 4:27 pm
Subhanullah!!! excellent post! An absolute bull’s eye!!!
December 16th, 2005 at 9:59 am
No enquiry? How convenient…
I was at a conference a few months back that was reported in the News. None of what was reported was true. I was at the demo last Saturday where there were at least 8000 people. Some of the organisers reported even more! The news reported 1500.
Obviously, I always knew this was going on but actually being at the demo and then hearing the blatant lies felt quite different…
To be honest, I’ll never believe what the Government says about who was behind 7/7 and what actually happened that day. But to deny a public enquiry is ridiculous. Blair must know the repercussions of such a move - why would he do something so stupid unless he has a demon to hide? A demon so ugly, it will be worth all the criticism that will undoubtedly follow.
Every move Blair makes is just making his situation worse. I used to laugh at my non-Muslim friends at Primary School for hiding from the Police. Our school would periodically bring in Police Officers to talk to the children to make them feel more comfortable. I didn’t need any of that since my Mum had taught me from a young age that the Police Officers were my friends. If I ever got lost, I should find an Officer.
But like Afs-M said, now I feel like a criminal as soon as I see one. I can’t be bothered to get stopped, searched and then end up missing my train as a result. When I think about other Muslims feeling the same, I have to really control my temper. Before it was just the foreign policy that made me mad – now it’s domestic policy too.
December 21st, 2005 at 3:39 pm
Perhaps you wouldn’t feel nervous if other “brothers” hadn’t murdered a pile of innocent people,,,
December 21st, 2005 at 3:40 pm
“To be honest, I’ll never believe what the Government says about who was behind 7/7″
Muslims were behind it - what more do you need to know?
December 21st, 2005 at 6:57 pm
Flanstein
You said:
“Perhaps you wouldn’t feel nervous if other ‘brothers’ hadn’t murdered a pile of innocent people,,,[sic] Muslims were behind it - what more do you need to know?”
There seem to be two possibilities:
Either the police can stop some future murders, or they cannot.
Clearly the police failed to stop this particular crime. The British public deserve to know why, and the police need to know how to improve their intelligence gathering capabilities.
If we accept that the police can prevent future crime, then an inquiry into why they failed on July 7th is absolutely vital.
Alternatively, if you believe that the police can not stop crime from occurring, it seems quite pointless to have them board trains and stop anyone with a beard.
Either they are boarding trains because they believe that they can prevent crime, and hence there MUST be an inquiry into why they have failed, or they are wasting their time and the money of the British tax payer, and hence there must be an inquiry into why they are so inept.
Your position is untenable.
December 21st, 2005 at 9:23 pm
What is untenable is that your co-religionists committed mass murder because they believed that your religion required them to. What YOU and other muslims need to do is STOP KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE
December 21st, 2005 at 11:12 pm
I notice that you didn’t feel the need to actually respond to what I’d said, but instead made wild accusations. Shame - we were having such a nice chat.
You said:
What YOU and other Muslims need to do is STOP KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE”
Again we are left in a position of choosing between two things: Either you are right and I am a murder, or (as it turns out) I am not a murder at all.
It would seem like a silly thing to annoy someone who you assume could kill at any moment. It would be almost as silly to tell me to stop killing people when I haven’t even said boo” to anyone. Either way, you are obviously quite silly.
You ought to have noticed that I referred to the events of July 7th as murder. In fact I said that the police had failed to stop this murder and that they need to sharpen up their act. Surely even you can appreciate that I had implicitly stated my position on these events? I’ll tell you what, just for your sake I’ll make it crystal clear: I don’t believe that innocent people should ever be killed, whether it is by a group of people, an individual or by a state.
You really should take the time to think before making comments on issues that have already been addressed.
December 22nd, 2005 at 3:16 am
” In fact I said that the police had failed to stop this murder and that they need to sharpen up their act.”
Sadly, this is what passes for logic in the muslim mind - that her co-religionists and their supporters who salivated at the thought of butchering infidels were not responsible - it was the infidel police who were at fault.
When are you muslims going to wake up, look around and ask yourself a simple question: “what is wrong with my religion that so many want to use it to justify murder.”
Answer THAT honey…
December 23rd, 2005 at 9:36 pm
You called me “Honey” - how sweet of you! I was beginning to think you might have had your feelings hurt.
You have a remarkably overactive imagination: I have never once referred to the police as infidels. I presume that you are instead representing your own beliefs in that statement?
Without a doubt, the police and government are responsible for maintaining security. They have failed to do so on occasion with respect to the IRA and numerous other terrorists.
Indeed the perpetrators of the events of July 7th are responsible for their actions, and where blame is due, it should be apportioned. Amusingly, you have contradicted your prior statement and proved the need for a public enquiry to fulfil this need.
Please do try to focus: I’m growing tired of your convoluted ramblings.
December 23rd, 2005 at 9:55 pm
And when are YOU and other muslims going to take responsibility for the actions of your co-religionists?
They kill because their/your religion told them to. What’s wrong with your religion?
Instead of trying to blame the bombings on the victims, why don’t you shine the light of indignity upon yourselves?
(I see you are afraid of discourse and are now editing non-muslim comments - how typical…)
December 24th, 2005 at 11:42 pm
Flanstein
Please stop making assumptions.
Already you have accused me and other non-violent people of murder, and we’re yet to hear an apology from you for your actions. Rather, you ask us to take responsibility for the actions of others.
You’ve also exposed your opinion of the British police, and attributed that personal opinion to others. You do know the difference between the words “you” and “I”, right?
Now you’ve moved onto assuming that we are not the victims of the London bombings. At last account, you attest to being Canadian. All of us are from London. I think you’re going to have to try hard to justify your position.
I have no intention of taking the blame for anyone else’s actions. What a strange proposition, especially from someone who patently cannot even take responsibility for their own!
I disagree that my religion told the perpetrators of these events to murder anyone, though I appreciate this question. This would be a pertinent topic for future discussion.
You said:
“(I see you are afraid of discourse and are now editing non-muslim [sic] comments - how typical…)”
No, not just non-Muslims. Everyone has their comments moderated. Blogger.com hasn’t developed a religion detection capability, unless you can show me otherwise? In fact I enabled comment moderation to reduce the level of “noise” in our forum. If you do not wish to find future comments deleted, please make justified comments and not baseless assumptions, try to stay on topic and please respond to other contributors rather than just “adding your two cents”.