Naive fool that I am, I expected, when Wesley S started this thread, that there would be discussion but no disagreement.

I believe it is clear to us all that at least 68 out of the 70 people killed by the bombers did not consent to their deaths.

I believe it is equally clear that those who carried the bombs were IN NO SENSE martyrs. They may have been unwitting victims. They may have been terrrorists. Clearly they were not martyrs, for they were not defending Islam. They were not attacking infidels. They were not seeking to attack military targets. They were deliberately targeting MOSLEM CIVILIANS.

No doubt the sins of the U.S. and U.K. governments and of their people are many. No doubt they, and we, need to be criticised on many points. One would think, however, that the only proper response to THIS incident would be criticism of those who carried it out.

Kent