jeep on fire

I'm not quite sure what to make of the latest terror attacks on Britain the car bombs in London and the incendiary laden jeep driven into Glasgow airport. I barely leave the house these days and when I do, I don't much manage to venture farther than my doctor's office. So in some ways it all seems quite distant to me*. But one thing I do know, there are people out there who want to kill don't much mind if they kill me. In fact, I'm sure they'd be quite pleased to get a random American and a new mom at that...all that pathos and news coverage.

I would say this was a worrying new development, but in a sense I don't think it is a new development. I think it's a culmination of the inevitable. Sadly, there's a disturbingly large minority of people who wish only chaos and harm in the furtherance of their cause.

I'm not sure what we do about this. But one thing we mustn't do is justify or excuse. This isn't because of Iraq or the knighting of Salman Rushdie or Israel or poverty or racism or inequality. This is because a cancerous sort of righteous ideology has infected too many.


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UPDATE: * I may not be leaving the house much, but the Vol-in-Law reminds me that he works near Oxford Street which he describes as "pretty much ground zero for terrorist events".
Really should get that whole life insurance thing sorted.