Posted by Cyril The Squirrel at 194.74.148.202 on November 26, 2001 at 11:43:22:
In Reply to: Terrorism posted by Throwback on November 26, 2001 at 10:55:47:
OK, Firstly, with the number of Britons that were involved in this atrocity it is actually the biggest terrorist attack against the people of Britain (I thought you said you had researched this ?!?!?).
Secondly, There's a time and place really..... and this isn't it.
This place is supposed to be a lightered banter kind of forum. I don't usually post but as a Scottish member I think tthat you're comments are just an unresearched rant against the American Nation.
Let's keep it nice and friendly, eh ??
: I haven't really left mail on this before, but there is a need now. I hope you get chance to read and believe this Kevin.
: I send my best wishes to everybody in the US right now and especially those who have had any berievement due to september 11th or any occasion after and as a result of.
: I have had my parents visit Florida last week and heard of most cars with flags, hundreds of T-shirts saying America is great, America will win etc.
: I am glad the country has ralied together in such a way but you all forget something.
: England has been tormented by terrorism for 30 years due to an IRA that American Macdonalds provides funding for. and Irish americans love (I come from an Irish family, My father is Irish and lives there and even they won't boldly say the fight of the IRA is right or wrong, but they know the death of innocent people is.)
: Also America is not the only country fighting to help. But Americans so far have been the only troops until just recently who have not come out of the sky to fight. It has been British and other countries. US Troops are only just joining that part of the battle as a result hundreds of soldiers (non american) have died in comparison the American casualties (Soldiers)
: is minimal.
: Having read this to here I realise I sound very anti-american. I aplogise sincerely and promise I am not, I just want to present some facts to you that you will not judge, I know I can trust you to judge this fairly.
: There are a great deal of facts that America are not aware of, e.g you did not come to save our asses during WW2, the Japanese attacked America and we said we would help.......it is a long story but look it up in some neutral (non brit/amercan)history book, tell me wha you find. Also as for Vietnam we couldn't help because we were also fighting a war at the same time, it's not really known but since WW2 Britain has fought in around 30 something wars, including Gulf, Fawklands etc.
: Now I sound like I'm talking patriotic bullshit, I just feel the need to write all this and it's hard to explain why.
: Maybe one day America will not be so isolated and realise more of the things that go on around the globe, Britain is under terrorist attacks, the world carries on. America is attacked the world is supposed to stop, and we do.
: I see how bad all this sounds and heaven knows how you and everyone else will see this. I apologise for anything that causes insult or annoyance or anything like this. I don't usually give a damn about politics but now after sep 11th i've been preocupied with it and wrestleing in my mind with different thoughts.
: I realise the number of injured on sep 11th in comparrison to british terrorist attacks is large, but take a 30 years and you have alot of time to make up the numbers. I'm not looking for sympathy, just want people to start to realise, you have alwys been the fairest in due respect to religion, although others see otherwise. I hope you can take a leaf from that book when reading this and simply 'get it' without knowing reasons for such a rant.
: Well anything that has caused any anoyance or anything like that to anybody at all 'All Apologies'
: looking forward to seeing J&SBSB this friday Kevin, (British release date)
: Take care