More serious note - reflections on the London Bombing

If It's a Muslim Problem, It Needs a Muslim Solution - New York Times

Excerpt :
"But maybe the most important aspect of the London bombings is this: When jihadist-style bombings happen in Riyadh, that is a Muslim-Muslim problem. That is a police problem for Saudi Arabia. But when Al-Qaeda-like bombings come to the London Underground, that becomes a civilizational problem. Every Muslim living in a Western society suddenly becomes a suspect, becomes a potential walking bomb. And when that happens, it means Western countries are going to be tempted to crack down even harder on their own Muslim populations."

I also had reactions to posting by my friend David
Quote of Note: Martin Varsavsky

Then there was a reply by David
Civilian death

And my comment :
"I happened to have been stunned by the tone of the "posting" we both linked to by those "celebrating" the incident.

I sometimes wish that radicals of all sides (as there are many sides, not just two) could be confined to an island and find their own bit of "heaven" by dealing with one another."

Let's take it a bit further
Does Anyone give a damn about Africa?

The Congo Case - New York Times

But that starts a whole 'nuther discussion

Not to mention any distraction from G8 Summit attempts to help Africa or Live8...