SHAFTWAXER

Seriously. What the fuck.

Why innocent people have to suffer because somebody thinks the only way to make a point is to kill randomly is completely beyond me, but then again, what the hell do I know. If it was supposedly a bombing about the war and policies in Iraq, why did many people just trying to go to work (and probably against the war and the British governments involvement in the war anyway) have to needlessly die? There are so many things that I could say, but I’m sure that nobody needs to hear poetic waxing of a nobody writing on an insignificant web page.

The group that is taking “credit” for this says that there is no connection to the G8 summit going on right now in Scotland. I’m sorry, I have a difficult time seeing that. At a time when the world’s wealthiest leaders SHOULD be focusing on global warming and ending the 20,000+ people who die every day from poverty around the world, once again fear can potentially change the focus of the meeting.

Fear is dangerous because it often leads to people being willing to give up their rights and their freedoms for supposed protection from the government. When people are not afraid, they are better able to focus on improving their lives instead of trying to save their life. When people are not afraid, they are able to work on bettering their lives as well as bettering the lives of people who are not able to. When we are not afraid, we can attend to the least among us. Don’t let fear stop you. Don’t let fear inspire you to hand over your rights under the false title of patriotism. Don’t let fear get in the way of sending a message to our leaders that we need to be committed to helping those in the world that can’t help themselves.

Earlier this morning, I was thinking I was going to post something about how stressed I was getting over the sheer quantity of work I was facing over the next month. That is absolutely nothing compared to what the people in London will have to face over the next month.