Dates with Destiny

This day four years ago London was celebrating the announcement that it had won the competition to host the olympic games in 2012.

Next morning came the commuter hour bombings of buses and subway trains and all previous evening's pleasure drained away.

What grim news it was to learn later that the bombers were uk residents. Lads from the north of england who might have been part of the olympic dream, but preferred instead to take the public transport ticket to paradise and their forty virgins.

A week or so later their antics were also responsible for the death of a brazilian at Stockwell tube station.

It seems strange that religous leaders should promote the killing of the innocent as a pathway to salvation. I can think of a far less comfortable destination for such murderers.