Van attacks people outside of mosque in London

[Scoobes]

monocle_layton said:

Hedra42 said:

Insensitive, yes, although I was referring to the hypocricy of your statement as it was based on your own premise of London turning into a Counterstrike map, when similar stuff goes on in your own country, and indeed everywhere in the world. The link, which shows a recent attack  in Virginia with similar apparent motives to the one in London last night, I provided merely as an illustration.

It was an exaggeration. Am I however concerned for London? Yes, yes I am.

 

We forget that London is one city; the United States is a massive country. Seeing these sorts of issues occur more often in the past few weeks is concerning to me.

 

Even with everything going on in London you really need to put this into context.

New York City has a slightly lower population than London but you're still three times more likely to be murdered (in 2015 352 in NY vs 118 in London). The recent terrorist attacks only increase the average annual number slightly. It's really not that dangerous considering the population and London has weathered some far more horrifying terrorist attacks in the days of the IRA.