I am suspicious about the atmosphere in the societies are ridiculously dangerous enough today.
I don't want to be at the same place as the terrorists and evil humans are!
I guess you already know why the societies are more dangerous than before including many evil persons.
What can we do to improve the atmosphere in the societies?
Is that impossible?
Are we supposed to leave them in the same conditions as they are?!
Pump more CO2 into it.
I hate the evil humans. We should kill them.
barracade yourself into your home?
or alternatively, listen/read less of the media scare mongering. sure, there's danger out there.. but i don't spend each day cowering in fear that someone's going to steal my watch before blowing themselves up. ^^;
GIT OFF'A MUH PROPERTY!
Becca's right, you'll be adding nothing if you're just scared.
When London was bombed back in '05 people were advised to stay in their homes, keep off the streets, and stay safe, but did they? Nope. People marched right into work, people who were taking the day off ill, and people who were just sciving. Why? Because otherwise they lose, plain and simple.
Chances are that you'll be fine, especially when you look at things logically like how many people live in a country, then city, then town, then weigh that against the amount of people attacked or worse per year. Unless riots start breaking out on your street then don't worry.
Hell, if I gave in to this whole fear thing I would be scared of driving over bridges and would never fly on a plane again...
The point of terrorism is scaring people. Through fear they can control you.
If you use Linux, er, that is, if you change your lifestyle for them or something, the terrorists win.
What is CO2? 
It's a super cereal problem here, guys.
Carbon dioxide gas, Fredrik.
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When London was bombed back in '05 people were advised to stay in their homes, keep off the streets, and stay safe, but did they? Nope. People marched right into work, people who were taking the day off ill, and people who were just sciving. Why? Because otherwise they lose, plain and simple.
I'm afraid that my reaction to comments about "brave" Londoners was to be decidedly underwhelmed.
Just what were they supposed to do - hide in their homes until the landlord came to kick them out for not paying the rent? Pitch tents in the street en masse?
Screw "...or the terrorists win!" - it was just a practicality issue as far as I was concerned.
As I said to Craig - and I think he agreed - on the evening of 7/7: that was going to be the most police presence and the safest environment around the capital in years.
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Screw "...or the terrorists win!" - it was just a practicality issue as far as I was concerned.
Most Londers (even me to some degree) were just meh at the bombings then >=/ at having to find alternative ways of getting to work/school/uni since parts of the underground were closed on the already over crowded public transport systems. I was more pissed off that 2 weeks later someone tried to blow up warren street (the station i use).
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As I said to Craig - and I think he agreed - on the evening of 7/7: that was going to be the most police presence and the safest environment around the capital in years.
And then everywhere else just outside the capital that was not a main station had less of a police presence than ususal.
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I'm afraid that my reaction to comments about "brave" Londoners was to be decidedly underwhelmed.
Just what were they supposed to do - hide in their homes until the landlord came to kick them out for not paying the rent? Pitch tents in the street en masse?
Screw "...or the terrorists win!" - it was just a practicality issue as far as I was concerned.
As I said to Craig - and I think he agreed - on the evening of 7/7: that was going to be the most police presence and the safest environment around the capital in years.
I didn't make the comment to make a debate out of it, purely for an example where people went about their business when they were attacked, on the day they were attacked, when they could have been hiding away in there homes instead out of fear until they think it's safe or the result you said. Practicality or not, people were advised to stay in their homes after a tragic event but didn't, besides, not everyone thinks logically.
What I think that some US-based posters may be forgetting is that London spent multiple decades as a major target for the IRA, and wasn't immune to terrorism even before that.
Bombs going off over here isn't the culture shock or constant folk devil that it is to the mainland US (I was working in London within six months of 9/11 - funnily enough, living literally around the corner from both Russell Square station and the place where the bus blew up later...). It was the scale of 7/7 that knocked most commentators I saw back, rather than the fact that it happened or any fear of a repeat performance.
Like Nuke said - terrorist scares or attacks in London seem to feel more like an inconvenience than anything else, as long as you're not directly involved.
(And before anyone calls me too callous: I had friends on that train that 26 people died on at my local station at Russell Square, so I'm not giving a total view from without.)
Well, I'd think advising everyone to stay in the house is unreasonable, unless there are terrorist gunmen on the streets or something.
Ordering people to avoid public transports and clearing some likely targets wwould have been far more practical. And yeah, 9/11 was the first time since Pearl Harbor that the US mainland has ever been hit, and like Sam said it just ruined a sense of invulnerability - like, whatever happens there, we're safe here kind of sense.
