New day and people are acting like its normal.
Very strange but i cant help but be full of admiration.
No tears, no drama queens, no revenge shouting just 'its another day in London'
London is a strange city in that it takes a lot of sh*t from fascists (months of bombing in the 1940s) IRA Terrorism (in the 70s and 80s) and yesterday from Al-Queda yet the people are SOOOOO CALM.
Speaking to a friend yesterday in West London and he just said in a calm manner over a pint
'what do you want me to do..cry! no they want me too. do you want me to panic..no they want me too. do you want me to scream revenge...no they want me too. Whatever they want i wont give them. The bottom line is that this city can take it. Tomorrow i will wake up and i will get the same bus and the same tube to work.'
One day and they are back to normal. It took this country months
This is meant in no way to diminish the murder that occured yesterday but some reasons this MAY be true are:
1) adjusted for population there were 10x as many deaths
2) 9/11 was caught entirely on camera and the images of the planes crashing into the buildings and the subsequent collapse were played over and over.
3)historical experience
4)national mores- the British (and most N. European cultures for that matter) as a whole tend to far more reserved and stoic. The whole stiff upper lip stereotype.
Londoners have comported themselves amazingly and they are a very proud and strong people.
