Mumbai

[Huguenot]

Very quiet on here. Very important over the world.

I hope that peeps appreciate (Azul) that conflict ain't so funny.

[Keef]

Just watching channel 4 news special on it. Not good at all. India always seemed a safe place to visit, this is just insane, how can they do this, what do they think they're proving? Idiots!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Depends on who they are first. Obviously the act itself is outrageous but beyond that there is little i can add until i know who and why

[Jimbob]

have to say it doesn,t hold any particular relevance nor interest for me

[bon3yard]

...I'm off to start up the 'Genocide in The Sudan' thread. :-S

[Huguenot]

Aha, the old 'too far away to bother' line.

I need hardly add that the 7/7 bombers were educated on the subcontinent, and that you can leave India after you've gone to bed and arrive in the UK before you wake up.

The UK invests around GBP 300m a year of your tax money in India, quite sensibly - given that it represents one sixth of the world's population (1.1 billion citizens). The UK doesn't make anything itself any more (we don't have any resources) so we are utterly reliant on our international relations to keep the bread on your table. Our trade with India last year was US$9.8 billion, and we are the world's second largest Indian trading partner.

Tragically, 'who gives a shit?' today turns to 'why is there no food?' tomorrow, and 'why are we going to war?' the day after.

[bon3yard]

? Peculiar.

[Brendan]

You didn?t mention Britain?s historic ties with India social, political and for many Britons family.

I must confess to not knowing very much at all about the politics on the sub-continent so I?m not sure why these things have gone on.

[*Bob*]

India.. Pakistan.. Nuclear Powers.. Enemies.. Terrorism... Britain..?

No. I just don't see the connection.

[matthew123]

I'm sure these terrorists will hide behind some deluded ideology. Hopefully they capture some of these criminals alive.

[RosieH]

I wonder what is the appropriate sentiment to express on here..? Apart from Jimbob's lack of interest, I would imagine most of us are horrified and wondering about the motivation and what can be done (that said, I haven't seen a paper yet this morning so I don't know what new has come to light). I just wouldn't think to come on here solely to share my grief. Perhaps I'm unusual in that.

But as bon3yard was (I think) pointing out rather more pithily than me, Mumbai is not the only international crisis (Christ, what's an appropriate word?) missing its own thread.

[Keef]

They have captured one of the gunmen alive, so some answers may be forthcoming.

[mockney piers]

It is of course absolutely shocking but it's hard to know what to say.

Though I totally agree with Nick that what goes on in the subcontinent is of course of interest and concern to all of us, after an event like this it would seem mawkish and inappropriate to come on somewhere like here and say something like 'my thoughts...' or somesuch.

I remember at the time of the London bombs lot of people coming on some of the flickr forums which should really only be about long exposure techniques or somesuch and saying something like 'my prayers go out to y'all in London, England' to which I just thought, well, frankly, fuck off!

[Keef]

That's an interesting point though Piers. When someone gets killed in a car accident or something, threads are started on here, and everyone says "my thoughts are with the family" and stuff like that. Now I'm sure they mean it, but if I was a part of that family, I'd want to come on here and say mind your fecking business and leave us be!

Guess different people express things differently, but I'm sure all those prayers were genuine, even if they didn't really help anyone.