He's much bigger than you think.

[reddragdiva]

The locals are getting all determined and Blitz-y. I love the English sometimes.

Nice speech from Ken. "We will fight them in the ticket halls!"

(Hell yes. They can try to inflict an Olympics on us. We'll KICK their arses.)

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[arkady.livejournal.com]

To quote stealthdj:

This is the city that got half demolished during WWII and it's residents stood in the rubble and said 'we're staying in our houses, fuck you...'

It takes a special kind of stubbornness to do that...

You know what? I don't want to leave London anymore. Fuck them. We'll damned well put on the olympics and a big "Fuck YOU" to the terrorists.

On my way over, BTW.

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

So now Seb Coe joins the suspect list!

[littlemsmortis.livejournal.com]

wee stiff-upper-lipped scones !

[reddragdiva]

And if they really cross us, we'll break out the DRUNK SCOTGOTH ATTACK SQUADRON!

[littlemsmortis.livejournal.com]

now they're vicious ! :D

[phelyan.livejournal.com]

And I have said it before and I will say it again, all those years of training seem to have paid off, London authorities have handled this (from what I've seen) quite beautifully and with the stoic determination we've come to expect of them.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I liked this one (http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=155111&cid=13003605) (the reference to 'weeping' comes from the article it's a reply to.)

[rosefox]

I don't know why this surprises anyone, honestly. Nerves of steel and balls of brass are pretty common on that side of the Pond.

[reddragdiva]

Yes. You can tell when things are okay because they get really whiny ;-)

[rosefox]

No wonder New Yorkers feel so at home in London!

[absinthea.livejournal.com]

Yeah! The terrorist pieces of crap must be pretty stupid to think they'll shake the resolve of Londoners!

[kineticfactory.livejournal.com]

Bet you Blair will get his ID card bill through faster than you can say "PATRIOT Act".

[m0rbid-princess.livejournal.com]

Or Ermächtigungsgesetz...

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

You watch, go down to the nearest supermarket and the SPAM and processed peas shelves will be empty.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

And there will be no shovels in B&Q.

[phelyan.livejournal.com]

And no John Smith to be bought for love nor money...

[reddragdiva]

So that's the upside?

[reddragdiva]

Well, that's just sensible when there's a risk of Olympics.

[reddragdiva]

In fact, it appears the choice of disaster supplies has gone upmarket. From the J. G. Ballard mailing list:

I stopped off in my local Sainsbury's on the way home; while it was
extremely busy, people weren't buying the usual 'panic' stuff like
bread, milk, water or candles. There was plenty of milk and bottled
water left, but virtually no fresh pasta; lots of bread, but no
croissants or crusty rolls...