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July 13, 2005
Are you ok?
When I heard the news of the London bombings, the first and only thing of relevance I could think to do is send you an email to say we were okay. Since then I've had a few email messages from friends checking that we were alive and well. After talking to other people — everyone has seemingly been exchanging these messages — it seems slightly odd that the subject line so often seems to be, "Are you ok?" Often there is no other message, just the three word question. It's email condensed to the level of text messaging.
In the wake of the bombings, there was a flood of these brief, call and response messages back and forth across the normally conversational telecommunications network. People used text messaging and email like ham radio operators: the point of communication became solely focussed on simply re-establishing communication.
— Are you OK?
— Yes. Are you OK?
The bombings took place on Thursday, July 7th. Tomorrow is Thursday the 14th. At noon, everyone is meant to stop for two minutes of silence. When I say stop, I mean go to a public place and not move for two minutes. It's partly in remembrance, partly an act of community. Apparently, the buses are stopping.
I like it. In it's purest form, it's like a giant sculpture of a city and it's people as a memorial for those who were killed. I'd like to see lots of photo and TV documentation. I mean, I'd like to see it. And I'd like to see television pictures of it happening across the entire city. It seems like the only reasonable response.
Posted by Brad at July 13, 2005 11:01 PM
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When I turned the TV on this morning - early - I golfed at 7.30 - there were pictures of everything and everyone stopped including the Queen. I may have seen more stopped scenes than you. It was very impressive and I'm even glad I was up. I'm not usually up untill about 8. My thoughts are with you all.
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