Europe having its own 9/11 right now. Turn on the news.

[Jemmy Bloocher]

I understand where Mark's coming from, nonetheless my first reaction was
that they're no way comparable. Europe and the UK has been suffering this
sort of shit for many decades. I remember being late for school a lot
because of IRA bombs etc. It's not something to be blasé about but there
you go. I'm almost inured to it I realised while watching.
On 14 Nov 2015 17:22, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for having less "class" than "a Hackney crackhead" (whatever that
> is).
>
> I will try to be more cognizant of your potential reaction before any
> future participation.
>
> Sincerely,
> J
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 12:03 PM, David Kilroy <thesaintgodard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> To parse the tragedy at Bataclan as It Happened To America First is
>> crass. We know what you meant, but the american branding of crisis
>> isn't applicable, particularly in re: Europe, which has suffered
>> zealotry far harder than americans have any emotional metric for. I'm
>> sure a couple of Londoners thought 7-7 but even a Hackney crackhead
>> has more class than to say Ich Bin Ein Berliner about this madness.
>> Sept 11th is a measure for naval gazing, not catastrophe.
>>
>
>
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