Not since the Blitz have we seen London in flames.
What is a city
that it should be treated - as -
a mere convenience?
That its peace should be
trampled and honor impugned?
Is this not yours too?
What you burned
you gave up.
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What's in a city?
I consider a city to be the basic functional whole of human community within a nation. In the Philippines, cities are also classified as an LGU or Local Government Unit.
But a city is more than its mere political structure. It is far richer and more complex than that!
I could say many things about it but simply put, a city is an expression - a common statement.
It is here where the air we breathe become one, the ground that we walk become familiar, and where everything about us become one "under the sun".
It is here where "the rubber meets the road" in terms of human community; the entrance way into the heart of the nation (and through the nation, all of creation).
Indeed, if you can not embrace the experience of the peace of a city, any human city, you'll find it hard embracing the peace of the greater wholes.
London is a pretty place to be - an old and proven city supported by the strength of an experienced Country; the capital expression of British community.
Having said that, the recent rioting in London is terrible. What happened over there is a condemnable instance provoked by nothing more than empty criminality, pure and simple. Indeed, I am glad and I pray thanks to God it has now abated. It could have gotten worse.
As a city rises, so must its roots deepen. If there is tension there, it must be something deep or even profound. Because in a city as old as London it can not be something superficial.
Obviouly, the rioters are so closed up in on themselves, they no longer appreciate that any city in the world is an end that if utilized becomes a means in itself - a means to achieve a measure of happiness in this world.
So you breathe the air, you walk the ground, you eat the food, you drink the beer, you enjoy the peace, you dream the dreams, and you still forget...
Buddy, you must be dreaming the wrong dream.
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Go London 2012!
