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24 July 2005
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No to war and no to terrorism After the bombing in Madrid hundreds of thousands of Spaniards demonstrated with their hands in the air, palms open. This was to sympolise that their hands were clean, they were not dirtied by supporting either war or terrorism. We have responded to the London bombing inspired by this symbolism and have listed the chain of action and reaction, Falluja and London, New York and Kabul, and too many points inbetween, which must be broken. No to War & to Terror is printed on the sleeve. Non profit-making,HALF-PRICE any profits will be donated to anti-war causes. Available in small (36 inch chest/ 90 cms), medium (40 inch/100 cms), large (44 inch /110 cms), XL (48 inch /120 cms) and XXL (52 inch /130 cms), short sleeves only. Go to: philosophyfootball.com/ then click "dissenters" 11 July 2005
 Last week was our annual holiday. Nothing special, just a few days in the South of Wales. We had planned a week but rain stopped play. Saturday we drove down to Cardiff to meet up with my old next door neighbour, Ed. He's married and they've got a little girl who is about 6 months old. Went for a walk around Cardiff Bay for a beer or two then nipped into see my mate Joe at his new hotel opposite the Cardiff Millenium Centre. SLAMMER dropped in to join the party for a few cheeky beers then we headed back to Ed's for a takeaway balti and more beers. Sunday we drove to Saundersfoot. We had planned to go shopping in Cardiff but a bombscare meant the city centre was sealed off. We went into Tenby on Monday and I managed to get Sam on a boat for the short trip to Caldey Island. The Bluenose above is one of the strange craft they have to help keep a link with the mainland. The weather was so bad on Tuesday that SkyNews were reporting Noah had come out of retirement. We took a drive to Bridgend and spent the day shopping for clothes. I found a Vans shop and went mad. In true British fashion we forced ourselves on the beach. Wednesday's weather was a great improvement (no rain and glimpses of sun) and with the aid of 2 hired windbreakers the Lookers made sandcastles and ate ice cream. It wasn't tanning weather but Sam managed to get burnt.  07 July 2005
I woke up this morning and went downstairs to have breakfast. Came back to my room and switched on the tv. Heard the news about London. At that time it was reported as an electrical fault in the tube. Just a few injuries. As we packed our bags to come home, reports started to come in of further explosions. Then there was the explosion on the bus. We had previously decided to take the long route home; Neath, Abergavenny, Hereford and Brum. On the way back we listened to radio (excellent work by Radio 2, balanced informative and calm, not reactionary or ghoulish). One man spoke of his decision to get off a bus early, due to the heavy traffic. He got off a few yards before the bus exploded. Regretably, there a number of people who didn't share that man's good fortune. Terrorists don't care about the death toll. Their purpose is to ensure maximum media exposure. Credit has to be give to the timing of the attacks. The UK is hosting the G8 Summit. London won the bid for the 2012 Olympics. Key security was in Scotland. London was swollen with the press, covering the reaction to the IOCs decision. God speed to the innocents. |
