Here, Here & add respect to celebrate & enjoy. But remember HMHS muslims & others should should be prepared to do the same with the British culture

Edited by Penge Eagle (14 Jul 2005 1:03pm)

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Just had ours, bell went and we all scurried outside, I was surprised at how many people were actualy out on addiscoombe road. About 70 people from my office and loads more from other places. the only sound was a police car speeeding past.

I do not want to have to do another one of them for this reason again.

R.I.P all those who lost their lives last friday.

Whoever did this, You are cowardly to do so. Your skum!

Palace Boys We Are Here. Shag Your Woman And Drink Your Beer!

Me too! Lost of people out.

RIP those whoo died in last week cowardly attack on innocent people.

Palace Boys We Are Here. Shag Your Woman And Drink Your Beer!

Amazing in Parliament Square - MPs, couriers, cab drivers, tourists, office workers. All started clapping at the end- quality.

Moments like that realise how much better things are when people come together in solidarity.

I went out at about 11.40 and wandered up to Aldgate. I signed the book of condolence there and browsed through all the tributes and flowers laid there by people from all around the world.

I was part of a crowd ushered onto the steps in front of St. Botolph's Church and ended up being stood behind the Commissioner of the City Police and Tim O'Toole, the boss of London Underground. By noon, there were thousands of people lining the streets around the Aldgate one way system. The 2 minutes' silence was observed beautifully, with traffic at a standstill, engines turned off. The hymn Abide With Me was sung - that hymn is an emotional one at the best of times, and I saw people openly crying during the rendition.

The response of Londoners, of all colours and creeds was plain for all to see. We will not be beaten, we will not be afraid, and we will carry on as we always have, no matter what these scum throw at us. It was truly inspiring.

Edited by Moose (14 Jul 2005 12:18pm)

Goodness is what you do. Not who you pray to.

This post has been merged from a topic called '2 minute silence at 12pm - don't forget!' by Moose

everyone from my building went outside in to Holborn High Street and was an eerie silemce and very emotional 2 mins for people

Nice one Moose.

Fleet St & Strand were similarly stopped. I have never heard London so quiet. It was an awesome display of strength - "inspiring" is the right word.

It puts everything else in its true perspective.

Edited by halfmanhalfslug (14 Jul 2005 1:42pm)

yeah, it was a cabbie and some idiot with a trolley who couldn't stop for 2 flippin mins either that spoilt it for me too. (south bank)

Edited by Bexter (14 Jul 2005 2:21pm)

Just to confirm: in most tourist resorts going topless is completely normal. Wearing a fez is not an insult, the fez was banned by Kemal Ataturk for the same reasons the French have banned headscarves. It was part of his drive for secularisation and to move away from the Osmanli past.

I get the gist of what you are saying and I can see your point, but we are not in Turkey, there fore you are not really comparing like with like. I think the comparisons within Britain do have some validity.

Edited by NickinOX (14 Jul 2005 4:53pm)

Edited by NickinOX (14 Jul 2005 5:13pm)

Moghuls, Mughals etc. I am pretty certain that the upper classes of India were descendents of the Mughal (Mongol) empire. Who spread into India via Afghanistan in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Edited by NickinOX (14 Jul 2005 5:14pm)

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.