Last night, as bars of Unkle’s In A State played across the room, I thought: The British come up with the darnedest phrases. “She’s in a state.” Of what? What all-encompassing condition is that? Neurosis. Anger. Frenzy. Is that their equivalent of our “totally freaked out?”
Today, I give England whatever state it desires and gladly.
BBC News reports two deaths while CNN claims 40 and up. The question of two or forty doesn’t take away from the tragedy.
To quote a previous post, “Our leases on life and property from Mother Nature are tenuous as it is, without our having to add to the uncertainty through violence and other acts of senselessness.” The perpetrators of this attack have no right to the word “blessed” for they have no clue what it means.
