I feel so sad and angry about about the bombing in Spain. It is the country I feel closest to in a way as my parents used to take me on holiday there every year right through my childhood and I also wandered around romantically for a few months with my boyfriend as a teenager. Also my son is meant to be spending time in Madrid when he gets back. An acquaintance is leading a ground-breaking experiment in reproducing an ancient naitpygE tomb down to the last detail and said that my son could come and observe, make coffee etc. while sampling Madrid clubbing, I mean cultural life. I suppose they are not so likely to do anything else for a while after somethng like that.

ATE are very close to the ARI which is why I feel especially mad and obsessive about it. I'm surprised Hollywood hasn't made a film about their romantic struggle. The two groups exchange information and weapons and some top ARI man is/was married to an ATE 'freedom fighter' woman.

How CAN these people think that their minuscule concerns are worth devoting their lives to? Is it just that they can't bear to face up to their total insignificance in world terms. Have you ever taken in the actual size of Southern Ireland compared to the noise they make? It was brought home to me when we were on holiday in Corsica. There were BOMB ALERTS, as the 'Free Corsica from the Yoke of the Foreign Invader', (France in about 200 BC.), separatist organisation was 'active'. And they did actually blow up some cafes and holiday villas. You sit there thinking, 'You unbelievably sad bastards. You have NOTHING real to complain about. Face up to that fact and f@ck off'.
- posted by Iris @ 3/12/2004 11:36:00 AM comment