Young girls, teens, many holding pink balloons and wearing silly fluffy ears, parents waiting for their children...soft targets.
He could have chosen to abort his " mission" then and there but he didn't .....and now, no doubt, he's resting in his eternal paradise?
'The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones'. It was true in Shakespeare's time, and is still true today.
ReplyDeleteMy heart aches with and for all those affected by this latest obscenity.
ReplyDeleteSo sad .
ReplyDeleteI first heard about it on LBC just around 11pm when no one really knew what was going on. Have listened on and off during the night.....it just gets worse every time! Lovely to hear about people opening their homes and taxi drivers taking people home for free. I am sure that there is much more good than evil, but the evil does so much damage in one short moment.
ReplyDeleteGod-awful event! All words fail.
ReplyDeleteFor zealots, the end always justifies the means. More death; more blood; more hate; more families torn apart: all grist to the mill, for the 'true believers'.
ReplyDelete"You never ask questions
When God's on your side."
A depressing factor in all this is the knowledge that these sort atrocities may not die out with the perpetrators. Someone said - looking on a slightly more positive side - that at least it means that there is one less jihadi on the streets, but there are over 1000 suspects in Britain alone. Almost all of them have lead a pointless life of petty criminality.
ReplyDeleteAs in Northern Ireland, there will be a whole new generation growing up in the world who will know of no alternative to the 'jihad', having been brainwashed with hatred by their parent's generation. When the troops first moved in to places like Iraq, their catch-phrase was 'hearts and minds'. How right they were.
It's a dreadful thing.
ReplyDeleteJust been watching it on the news this morning .. and it brought me to tears. What a world we live in!! Can't imagine the fear that the poor parents felt, dropping off their teenagers for a fun night out and then finding out what had happened. A mother was interviewed as her daughter was still missing. She said her husband, friends and neighbours and people she didn't even know were out looking for her - heartbreaking!
ReplyDeleteAwful news, I was thinking of going to one of the concerts myself.
ReplyDeleteMany of those involved were parents picking up. The jihadis are whooping it up on Twitter right now saying more is to come. It beggars belief.
ReplyDeleteEvil beyond words. I hope his eternal paridise is a permanent scream in hell
ReplyDeleteI am a non believer, but I today I really hope there is a hell...
ReplyDeleteMe too. I don't believe he's 'resting' anywhere, not even in 'hell'. But at least he's blown to bits so he won't have a burial.
Deletemuthafuckas!
ReplyDeleteI second that
Deleteso awful and sad.
ReplyDeleteThere is so much hate in this world and we pay the price with the horror that it brings about. We live with the fear of anytime and any place. It is all so heartbreaking and frightening.
ReplyDeleteMy friend was there with her two Daughters. Thank God they are safe.words fail me..... :-(
ReplyDeleteMy friend was there with her two Daughters. Thank God they are safe.words fail me..... :-(
ReplyDeleteLooks like time for another MOAB. They'll be delivered until those who control these losers finally get the message.
ReplyDeleteHow on earth is that going to help?
DeleteEvil must be torn out by the roots. History proves that.
DeleteI know, he stood amongst those children, hearing their excitement and happiness and then choose to wipe them out.......
ReplyDeleteSo awful. What sort of sickness motivates such a thing?
ReplyDeleteThe question is why? What does this accomplish? What teachings tell them that this is justified for any reason? Prayers for all....
ReplyDeleteWe live in a world of slogans and illusions - certainly not in reality. The belief or even hope that the bomber would have abandoned his bloody plan if only he would have seen the victims -is dangerous. No chance of that to happen and the authorities must do the preventive job without any compromise.
ReplyDeleteWhy? I just don't get it. How can anyone justify killing innocent people? It's sickening.
ReplyDeleteR.I.P.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts are with you. Take care and be kind. x Sarah
ReplyDeleteA late night text from our son Jack who lives in Manchester to say don't worry Mum l'm at home,safe.. Some of his friends were at the concert and of course other people's loved ones. What a wicked act. To what purpose? Pointless and terrifying in equal measure. Jean
ReplyDeleteThis is when I hope there really is reincarnation, when evil sick people come back as cockroaches etc ... that is all they are, in human form .
ReplyDeleteSomething has to be done and it will take World Leaders like the sort we used to have ... leaders with b*lls ... (men & women ) to do something and F*ck this politically correct BS that we are living with ...
Sadly, there are no leaders today. A leader leads his people whereas the present heads of state are led by the people. See Cameron with his referendum. See Theresa May who has announced a referendum after the elections. A referendum is the tool of the non-leader.
DeleteWell, there are a few or maybe a couple that might surprise us / me and show some promise in the "leader" category. I guess we will wait and see.
DeleteWe are all devastated ... young young girls and their mothers as targets. But so proud of the Mancunian response...
ReplyDeleteWhat does an act like this accomplish? Terror does nothing to further any goals of extremists it only makes the sane world want to wipe them off the face of the earth! STUPID
ReplyDeleteI cannot comprehend the why, the sense, the dreadful awful of it all. Like someone said . . . this was a person, standing in the midst of young children, teens . . . and does this.
ReplyDeleteInnocense . . . gone . . this is just so wrong, unfair, awful . . .
How can anyone do such a thing? Just...how?
ReplyDeleteI do not understand some people.
ReplyDeleteYou would have to be as sick and depraved as they are to understand them. Thank God you don't understand them.
DeleteNot sick and depraved; just realistic - not ignore the obvious, and of course,take action where and when needed.
DeleteThere are no words to describe the evil blob of humanity that did this, but there are lots of words to describe the wonderful, selfless heroic people who rushed to the aid of the dying and injured. The taxi drivers that took people away from the scene free of charge, back safely to their homes or just out of the city, the hotels that flung open their doors for people to shelter in whilst they re-united with loved ones, the police, fire and ambulance services that were there within minutes. SO proud of my son today, he was one of the many faceless individuals behind the scenes handling 999 calls and getting help to where help was needed ... a normal shift that turned into something heart-breaking for all the call handlers.
ReplyDeleteSue, a proud Mancunian ... and Mum. xx
This atrocity is both sickening and very sad. R.I.P to the deceased's. My heart goes out to their families, the injured and their families. The support, kindness and compassion from the Manchester people and the emergency services is truly amazing.
ReplyDeleteTo anyone who has friends and/or family in Manchester, I hope they are safe.
Just awful.
ReplyDeleteI just feel so sad.
ReplyDeletewhat the fuck is the matter with people. how, under whatever god, can they justify what they do.
ReplyDeleteThey behave like demented animals then hide behind some "God " ... as if there was any God who would condone something like this .. the killing of children ? innocent people ?
DeleteAnd I can not possibly understand anyone who would do something like this . They are not normal, they are not sane, they are sick and depraved.
Evil bastards.
ReplyDeleteA terrible thing to happen, I hope its the LAST TIME it's completely insane.
ReplyDeleteLet's pray that this vicious fool has already found out there is no such thing as eternal paradise - only continual hell.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most saddest day.
ReplyDeleteMaria.
I remember waking up in the days after 9/11 and still being surprised why it was so quiet out and then the memories rushing in and the sadness lowering over me again.
ReplyDeleteThe response took a little while but it was a response.
There has to be a big response here ... mourning and sadness are normal and only show these people who were killed , were loved.
But everyone , in whatever way they can and that means government leaders, must respond to this with a huge definite reply ... They cannot think they can ever do something like this again. Enough is enough.
The youngest victim was only 8 years old. She was the same age as my eldest Grandaughter. The sadness of it all is overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shock when he stands before the \eternal judge' and realises he made the biggest mistake of his life.
ReplyDeleteAnd now Roger Moore has died. Sad sad day
ReplyDeleteI've been to the MEN Arena and I've been with my daughter, two still missing from my home town South Shields, my heart aches, prayer for peace xx
ReplyDeleteNo virgins will be waiting for him in Hell.
ReplyDeleteSo very sad...
ReplyDeleteMy thee grandkids have all been to Ariana Grande concerts here in Canada. They sure wanted to talk about how sad and scary this has been for them, and really for all of us. There is evil in this world, a prayer helps,music helps and just getting out there and living your life helps. So very sad.
ReplyDeleteSuch a tragedy!
ReplyDeleteI bloody hope not.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter's friends were at that concert thankfully unhurt but saw dead bodies there only 10 and I reckon that will live with them. Truly awful!
ReplyDelete