refWrite: Terrorism: London: His Worship the Lord Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone blasts the Al Quaeda terrorists and rallies Londoners

Friday, July 08, 2005

Terrorism: London: His Worship the Lord Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone blasts the Al Quaeda terrorists and rallies Londoners

Earlier satire on refWrite did not have word of London UK's mayor, who was away in Singapore at the time. So here's a chance to get disseminate his words on the assault on his dearly loved city of London, and correct the impression that he may have been, at one time and for a long time, a member of some other brand of Communism than that of the political sect which departed from Stalinism to follow Trotskyism. Here's the mayor's remarks from Fox News Channel online:

London bombed!, originally uploaded by Anaximaximumphotographics.

From Singapore, where he had been for the Olympic selection, Greater London Authority Mayor Ken Livingstone (search) said: "I want to say one thing, specifically to the world today — this was not a terrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful."

Ken Livingston, originally uploaded by Anaximaximumphotographics.

"It was not aimed at presidents or prime ministers," the former Trotskyist said. "It was aimed at ordinary, working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian ... young and old … that isn't an ideology, it isn't even a perverted fate, it is an indiscriminate attempt at mass murder."

"They seek to divide London, they seek Londoners to turn against each other ... this city of London is the greatest in the world because everybody lives side by side in harmony. Londoners will not be divided by this cowardly attack."

Livingstone also had words specifically for the terrorists: "I know that you personally do not fear to give your own life in exchange to taking others ... but I know you do fear you may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our free society ... in the days that follow, look at our airports, look at our seaports and look at our railway stations ... you will see that people from the rest of Britain, people from around the world, will arrive in London to become Londoners, to fulfill their dream and achieve their potential … whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail."