As Warren Ellis has all but threatened Americans who become too maudlin or jingoistic about the London bombings with locking us in a trunk hooked to an iPod playing Candle in the Wind on a loop, I’m editing this post.
Instead, I’ll point to Ken MacLeod insulting the Al Qaeda fanboys who may or may not have been behind the bombings. [ via Avedon Carol ]
Imagine creationist electrical engineers taking up abortion-clinic bombing. That’s the level of people we’re dealing with here. The Sekrit Jihad Organization of Al Qaeda in Europe most likely consists of speccy, spotty nerds whose sole reading is the Koran and computer manuals, whose only chance of getting laid is an arranged marriage, and who don’t even allow themselves a wank to ease their zits. In a better life they would have found science-fiction fandom.
Kevin Marks, who lived in London, calls on The Clash.
I did stay in that hotel in the photo. It sits atop the Russell Square station. I used that station every day during my 2003 trip.
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