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Sundae · 09-10-2011, 05:28 PM

Oh, BTW Chris - number 6 resonates with me.
I feel sometimes I over-egg it, but most of the older generation of my family lived through the Blitz. I had stories from Nan, Grandad, Alice and Mary, and even though they tailored them for my ears, I understood what had happened. What you said was what they experienced. Going to work past rubble, people digging out corpses, burning buildings, the scattered detritus of everyday lives. Not just for one day - for years.

And my Grandparents lived through various IRA bombings in London.
And I was schooled by Irish nuns. Who would have us pray every time there was a particular atrocity. And no, it wasn't biased - we prayed for all the dead and it was never justified, let alone glorified. My headmistress (from ten upwards) used to teach in a school smack bang in the middle of Belfast, and talk about how the children walked into school past bombsites, police checkpoints, army enclosures. But they still came to school.
Again, I feel I make too much of it, but it was a serious worry in my childhood - in the same way some children felt they grew up in the shadow of the atomic bomb.

So I completely get what you're saying.
I really don't mind having a day of solemn reflection tomorrow.
I just got tired of hearing about it for a week and a half prior.
But that's what happens when you have 24 hour news - you have to fill it somehow.

My thoughts and condolences to all those affected 10 years and approx 8 hours ago.
It was an appalling attack that made everyone involved an innocent victim. As is the aim of any terrorist.

09-10-2011, 05:28 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh, BTW Chris - number 6 resonates with me. I feel sometimes I over-egg it, but most of the older generation of my family lived through the Blitz. I had stories from Nan, Grandad, Alice and Mary, and even though they tailored them for my ears, I understood what had happened. What you said was what they experienced. Going to work past rubble, people digging out corpses, burning buildings, the scattered detritus of everyday lives. Not just for one day - for years. And my Grandparents lived through various IRA bombings in London. And I was schooled by Irish nuns. Who would have us pray every time there was a particular atrocity. And no, it wasn't biased - we prayed for all the dead and it was never justified, let alone glorified. My headmistress (from ten upwards) used to teach in a school smack bang in the middle of Belfast, and talk about how the children walked into school past bombsites, police checkpoints, army enclosures. But they still came to school. Again, I feel I make too much of it, but it was a serious worry in my childhood - in the same way some children felt they grew up in the shadow of the atomic bomb. So I completely get what you're saying. I really don't mind having a day of solemn reflection tomorrow. I just got tired of hearing about it for a week and a half prior. But that's what happens when you have 24 hour news - you have to fill it somehow. My thoughts and condolences to all those affected 10 years and approx 8 hours ago. It was an appalling attack that made everyone involved an innocent victim. As is the aim of any terrorist. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 09-10-2011 at 05:35 PM.