I Love the British
If any people exhibit the very essence of courage, it is the British. Even at the climax of the Blitz, when over 40,000 civilians were killed, and countless homes were destroyed, the citizenry remained resolute. When you consider how, night after night, Londoners slept in subway stations while, above ground, many of their most hallowed landmarks were leveled by bombs, and gutted by fire, and then consider that in the morning they all woke up and went to work, it goes to show that the British are astonishingly brave.
To now see the United Kingdom struggling with a new wave of terrorist incidents is distressing. I am earnestly hoping that the two near misses yesterday in London, and today’s attack in Glasgow, are mere isolated coincidences, and not an ominous prelude to a bloody July 7th anniversary.
Whatever happens, even a cursory knowledge of history makes clear that the British are simultaneously the most civilized and toughest people on earth. That’s why I love them.
Filed under: Current Events, Musings on June 30th, 2007 | No Comments »