Steven Scougall ([info]sscougall) wrote,
@ 2005-10-04 16:29:00
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Current mood: angry
Entry tags:politics

I will not bow my head in terror
Well, OK, so Bali has been bombed again.

This was a very sad event.

However, I can't stop howling with rage at the sheep - *sheep*, I tell you - of people I see on TV, all running scared and saying they'll never travel to Bali again, and the Australian government telling us that it's not advisable to travel to Indonesia. This is hype, panic, and cowardice. This is the terrorists *winning*, getting into our heads and crippling us.

I, for one, am not going to bow my head in terror. I would not cancel any trips to Indonesia, if I had any. Instead I would go along with my trip, exactly as planned. Terror happens. It might happen to me, even. That would most definitely suck - I'd be dead or badly injured, after all. But the possibility of it happening isn't going to stop me. I'm not going to let the terror get to me - except, perhaps, to make me rather angry that this has all happened again. I'm not letting some screwball terrorist fuck with my head.

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While I'm ranting on this subject, I figure I might point out this link:

Terrorists don't do movie plots. No, really, they probably don't.


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[info]maramala
2005-10-04 12:57 pm UTC (link)
Well, you could always come here in the Philippines. It's safer here. Relatively speaking. ;)

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[info]sscougall
2005-10-04 11:17 pm UTC (link)
Maybe I should come and visit. Last time I was there was over 20 years ago. Understandably, I can't remember much of it. :) I think a beach was involved at one point.

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[info]marmite_clock
2005-10-04 02:27 pm UTC (link)
Tell me, how much British blood flows through your Aussie veins? See, what you just said sounds like a dead on impression of a pissed off London tube commuter after the July 7 bombings. I'm amused by and saluting your valour.

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[info]sscougall
2005-10-04 11:02 pm UTC (link)
Hee, thanks. ^_^

> Tell me, how much British blood flows through your Aussie veins?

I'm not sure, exactly, but I know there's some English, some Irish, and some Scottish. Not sure if I have any Welsh ancestors. Also, when I was growing up, Australia still seemed to be very English; I read (and was influenced by) a lot of English books and magazines.

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