To the question, "Is nothing sacred?" the answer in England is, "No."
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park has been closed as a burial ground since 1966 because it was deemed full. Over 300 000 of England's ancestors are buried in the East London graveyard. Their memory doesn't seem to concern the Tower Hamlets council, which is considering digging up the graves in order to make room for a Muslim cemetery. What they will do with the 300 000 dead is also undecided.
You can read the whole story here.
Meanwhile, another report says that 1 in 7 UK adults are putting off having a family because of fears of terrorism. 70% say that terrorism is their biggest worry, with 58% saying they are regularly concerned about immigration.
The British politicians may not have paid much attention to the implications of the 7/7/05 tube bombings, the 7/21/05 bombing attempt, 6/29/07 nightclub bombing attempt, or the airport attack in Glasgow in June, 2007. But it sounds like the public has.
Photo: Daily Mail
2 comments:
Makes one wonder about the term "public servant" doesn't it?
In terms of the numbers I would have to disagree. The source of the report is the VIEW London which is a poor man's version of the Sun and is total fluff.
If people were that concerned about terrorism in the England than population growth would have halted in the 60's and 70's when the IRA were running amok throughout the country. Terrorism is a daily part of life in London and after 9/11, 7/7. 7/21 etc etc. People just get on with life. There is no real tension in the air nor does it weigh on the population's mind. The idea of terrorism is something that is sadly commonplace to many in England.
Let's not forget that a building in Canary Wharf was blown up by the IRA in 1998; in mid 1999 a bigot set of bombs in gay bars and in Brixton killing dozens; a bomb went off in front of the BBC in 2001 (that one I felt in my flat) injuring one; and each day there is a delay on the tube due to 'suspect packages'...more often than naught it is not greeted with fear but rather with a loud groan and some punter muttering 'Which #@%$ left his rucksack on the tube..?'
Those are my two cents/pence worth....
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