Today at 12 noon I joined with the other staff and customers in the store where I work in observing a 2 minute silence. Those of us in the store, were joined by millions of people across Britain, as we stood still and quiet, in rememberance of those who died on this day last year, in the 7/7 London Bombings.
The silence was absolute (apart from the whirring of the refidgerators at the back of the bakery), and it was deafening. In standing quietly, solemnly, as we did, we showed not only our respect for those 52 innocents who died in the explosions, but also our contempt for the idiots who carried out the acts of terror.
Some might brand the bombers cowards, but not me. It takes guts to kill yourself. I should know, I've tried and failed before. No, I call them idiots. Why? Because if they had studied history they would have realised the utter futility of their actions. As if a few bombs and 52 dead were going to deter the people of this island from a course of action. The IRA blew up city centres and a hotel full of politicians, and we never gave an inch. The Luftwaffe levelled our cities, the U-Boats sank our ships to try and starve us, and we never gave an inch.
If Al-Qaeda seriously thinks that a few suicide bombs and innocent lives lost on our soil will change British policy then they really do not understand their enemy at all. Hurt us and you only strengthen our resolve, because anything that doesn't finish us off only makes us stronger.
Today I am proud to be able to say that I am British. We stand strong, we stand in silence. Hear us roar!
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