Well I hate conspiracy theories. What happened, happened.
Just look through this forum, wild theories ( not being nasty to anyone here) ; with an imagination (which is what makes us human) anyone can cook up an alternative.
But what good does it do?
It hurts those who lost loved ones; it churns it up over & over again. All because someone's imagination goes wild.
There's a time & place for imaginations running wild; in real life is NOT the place.

Yes, many of us here in Australia had ties to someone who lost their lives.  The same could be said for the rest of the world really.
The difference is, we weren't the target & hopefully we never will be.
Hopefully no-one ever will be again, but that is wishful thinking.

Cherish what you have & who you have. That is how we all should live our lives.
I find the best way to honour those who lost lives during this horrific event, is make an extra effort to hug someone on the day in question.

It can't hurt can it?

I can remember exactly where I was, having my nails done in the days when I bothered with such things. Later  I found out that the bank my husband was working at in The City (London) was also regarded, along with all the other big banks, as being under imminent danger of attack.

We also had the terrible events of 7/7 to deal with later. Sadly these were on my daughter's birthday and last day at primary school. The leaver's concert was a very subdued occasion. They seemed even worse (if that was possible) as they occurred a day after London won the bid for the Olympics. Although we had been used to the violence and atrocities associated with The Troubles in Northern Ireland with bombings and assassinations on mainland Britain as well.

These events all show how and why extremism in any shape or form is so dangerous, divisive and terrible.

I hope for a better, kinder and more tolerant world where all can live in peace and harmony.

Davina wrote:

I hope for a better, kinder and more tolerant world where all can live in peace and harmony.

We all do.
No race or religion is responsible for these things, only wayward souls who have lost the meaning of life.

Yes and there are people exploiting others everywhere.
When people take the time to stand up to anyone who does this and say ' stop it' at every single opportunity, then and only then will we have a chance.

But people won't, because they are scared of 'how they will look' even in the smallest instances. We may well be wrong on some accounts but we must always take the chance at saying
"Stop! What are you doing? Why?" When we get those answers we can make judgements on whether things are good or bad.
So what if you look like a goose in the end? It will start sending messages to everyone around that people won't accept exploitation; won't accept racism. won't accept sexism, won't accept anyism.
If you think anything is wrong anywhere, say so!
At worst, you get a good sunburn effect if just for a few moments; it won't change your life.
But if the reason was justified, it very well WILL change many lives.
Your life is good; it will survive a small embarrassment if wrong.
If right, someone's life is better.