Shocking and terrible. I cannot comprehend for a second why anyone would want to do this, and why target runners?
I suppose it now gives every excuse over here to close down all public sporting events. Such a shame.
Yesterday was Patriots' day, the race was being held in honour of the Newtown shooting victims, and reportedly the explosive used was gunpowder.
It could very well be another homegrown terrorist like Timothy McVeigh.
Regardless of whether it's Islamists, Anarchists or the extreme right, there are some truly evil people in the world.
Some of the images on news stories are absolutely sickening. I cannot comprehend what makes people do something like that.
The difference is that Iraq is the most violent country in the world after Syria, so we expect death, bombs, and destruction there.
Oh, I see. That makes it OK, then.
"not sure I'd do the London Marathon after this."
The London Marathon, as ia any large marathon, is a wonderful celebration of life, love and humanity.
Black or white, rich or poor, fast or slow everyone runs the same 26.2 miles. Families and friends come to cheers their loved ones on and find themselves cheering on all those on the roads giving their all.
Love, passion and determination will get you round a marathon.
The same will defeat hate, in its many guises.
All of this coming Sunday’s runners will be winners.
The difference is that Iraq is the most violent country in the world after Syria, so we expect death, bombs, and destruction there.
So nothing to do with the fact that one's in a country the US completely screwed over, and one's in the US?
By all means grieve and show compassion. But if you're going to do so, why only reserve it for when it's rich white people is a rich western city? At least the ABC here in Oz, to their credit, gave similar screen time to both atrocities.
^^ +1
All tragedies, all innocent people just trying to get on with their lives.
bwaarp - Member
Israeli independence day, heavy Jewish population in Boston, bomb goes off next to road lined with 96 flags.Hmmmmmm....I wonder who that was.
bwaarp - Member
Yeah, great way to make a cheap political attack there kevevs - really brilliant human being you are.
Brilliant, love your work.
US comedian Patton Oswalt has a pretty good take on it -
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.
But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet.
You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.
But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."
