tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384224.post112074550918312913..comments2023-10-17T11:39:46.819-04:00Comments on Snapshots from an Ordinary Life: Wearing Black for London TodayRandom Kathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11865533397931886768noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384224.post-1120837553259070032005-07-08T11:45:00.000-04:002005-07-08T11:45:00.000-04:00Virginia Gal:I'm so glad that all of your friends ...Virginia Gal:<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad that all of your friends are OK! Especially the one who works in the financial district, I am sure you were worried sick . . . I had a friend who worked in the Pentagon on 9/11 and it took me forever to reach him.<BR/><BR/>I do hope that there is no backlash against your friends, it it horrible that people tar all Muslims with the same brush . . . they wouldn't do the same if people did stuff in the name of Christianity (and there are groups who do.) Just know that a good number of people are actual rational human beings and know that only a small subset of criminals commit these horrible acts, and they do them in the name of all sorts of things, be they Muslim, Christian or just garden-variety wacko.<BR/><BR/>I continue to send many happy thoughts to you and your friends . . . it has only hardened my resolve to get to London one of these days . . . just have to get that pesky passport! :-)Random Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11865533397931886768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384224.post-1120833267066873642005-07-08T10:34:00.000-04:002005-07-08T10:34:00.000-04:00Kath - oh my goodness, thank you so much for think...Kath - oh my goodness, thank you so much for thinking of me, I am touched. God certainly sent you along today, because since the news yesterday, I've been feeling blue. Thankfully, this morning I was able to get in touch with my final friend who I was having difficulty finding and it seems everyone is ok. He actually works in the London financial district, so I was doubly worried, but he was away on travel yesterday in Italy. <BR/>This whole thing saddens me, I'm upset for the people who have suddenly lost a loved one when they shouldn't have, worried for my friends in London of a potential backlash against Muslims (as happend here in the States) and in despair over the use of my religion again being a vehicle for hate - when it was never meant to be that way. I hate these cowards who did this act, stop using my religion, I feel like screaming at them! <BR/>This whole thing is so sad - a generation shouldn't have to go through such a thing twice, if even once. <BR/>Thanks so much for your kind words and thoughts, you can't know how much it helps,<BR/>- Virginia GalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com