Dunno if Bri and Roger did, but I distinctly remember Jackie at the fanclub posting a long message saying that everyone at the Queen headquarters was saddened and shocked, etc, etc..
I'm fairly confident Brian May thinks we brought it on ourselves and, to an extent, got what we deserved for being arrogant, greedy, uncaring, fat carnivores, stupid, unconcerned about baby seals, light pollution, treatment of indigenous peoples, public smoking, and any number of other vital causes. Then again, he seems to be pretty down on Western Civilization in general, depending on which day of the week it is. Although I'm sure he cashes the checks. That part's okay. Capitalism's apparently bad for everybody but senior musicians and their actress wives.
**Fri 08 Jul 05**
THE BOMBINGS IN LONDON
Q: What is the definition of an idiot ?
A: Someone who keeps on doing the same thing, and expects a different result.
I sense there is a mood of quiet resolve among the people I speak to. We are feeling that we must not go any further down the road of escalation .... this is old stuff, but I personally feel that in the wake of 9/11 an opportunity was missed .... to seek understanding rather than revenge. The Nelson Mandela way. I do not subscribe to this "War on Terrorism" slogan. I believe we have a need to secure a peaceful world for our children, and that it cannot be done by exerting our muscle internationally. It sure hasn't worked yet, has it?! It must be done by adjusting OUR behaviour; we must stop playing "Cowboys and Indians" - a self-damning phrase if ever there was one. I no longer believe we are the good guys. We must earn this view of ourselves, and start recognising that there are other legitimate views of the world than ours.
I'm afraid the comet-smashing philosophy is to blame ! Maybe I'm overdoing this, but there is a kind of arrogance that goes with this, which makes us dangerous....
Every time I fly (which is almost almost every day right now !) I walk past the conspicuous plastic case of confiscated nail clippers and tiny scissors, and think to myself ..."are we really fooling ourselves that by doing this we are making our world safe? " Yesterday in London must have shown us that we have no hope of solving the "Terrorist Problem" with this kind of sticking plaster. So where do we go from here ? Search everyone before they go on a bus? On a tube train ? Walking down the street? This is the road to insanity .... a climate of fear, which, sadly, the USA is already experiencing. It's time we attacked the cause rather than the symptoms. I want to see our politicians answer the question "WHY?" WHY do people hate us this much? What can we do to change this? It's no use thinking we are dealing with a small bunch of maniacs, as seems to be the popular view, who need to be "stamped out". The reality is we are looking at a large number of entire countries of people to whom the American (and English) flag is a symbol of evil. Of selfishness and bullying imperialist aggression. THIS is what we must address. This is what we owe it to our children to do. In my opinion.
Bri
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So to sum up, we're the problem, not them. If we were just nicer, everything would be peachy. Why didn't we think of that?
all i have to say is not just american were killed at the world trade center so dont just asume that. i'm sure they were deeply mornful as the most of the world was cus it was all different religious kinds that worked in those buildings. and for the pentagon too. so fuck you who said who fucken cares. alot of children lost there families to it so how can any body be so unthoughtless about that. speaking that i live in new york state but not there. watch the footage of the people falling from the building cus they couldnt get out of there. and tell me who fuching cares then. you heartless basterds. sorry it just burn up about it. its hard enough watching programs about it and movies about it. hey would you say that during the holocost I DONT THINK SO!
Mr Faron Hyte wrote: **Fri 08 Jul 05**
THE BOMBINGS IN LONDON...
Mr. Faron Hyte!!!! Thank you so much! How did you find this?
I remember seeing this....
It was either on his site or on QZ.
I was so worried that they would cancel the Hyde Park concert but thank God they just moved it to a week later. It's natural for them to do that. You won't gather over 60 thousand people in a massive park JUST after something like this happened.....
I understand, but I was still freaking out that day.