I was replying about these events on niteshdw's forum, and got a little "into it" while typing my reply. I decided to post it here as a show of both defiance, and support for the Londoners (incl Flip) who were there today.
The people who planned, executed and claimed glory for these attacks made one mistake. It is however a fatal mistake to make. They believed the British public would be intimidated, terrorized and beaten down by the fear they tried to invoke. We are still here. We will always be here. Nothing they do can take away our resolve, our determination and more importantly our faith in ourselves and our way of life.
I offer a salute to those who live in London and who picked themselves up and went about their business, and who will tomorrow go about their business, despite all that has happened. Many times before we have faced an enemy who wanted to attack not our military but our people and our way of life - and many times before we have faced them off.
What Elgar says in irony I say with conviction, britons never shall be slaves. Not to men who seek power for it's own sake, nor to men who would kill, maim and destroy to scare us into submission.
The people of this country have always stood against terror in all it's forms with unflinching resolve to continue living the way we believe is right - and we always shall do.
