The difference is - with the Blitz you knew where the enemy were coming from and you had a chance to defend or protect yourself. You knew that the enemy was 'over there' and you were 'here on the home front'. You had warning that they were coming and you knew where you would be relatively safe.

Yesterday there were no warnings, there was no way to defend or protect. The enemy was sitting on a bus next to you, standing on the escalator behind you, or living next door to you. The very places that kept Londoners safe during the Blitz, became tombs for some of them yesterday.

I agree that the response should be 'Get on with it and get back to normal'.... but normal is something that some 700 families may never be again.

And remember... mosquitos cause more deaths in Africa than almost anything else.

LTS