‘everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism
well, there’s really an easy way: stop participating in it’
― noam chomsky
Waiting
Running away?
Backs
Out of service
Empty
The West is closed
7/7 – Not today
Closed and wet
Grid
Armoured
Sprayed
*
Ghost bus
Hit to the core
M&S not today
Taped
En guerre
Reflection
More armour
Even more armour
Central
Table by the window?
Any chance of a table for ten?
Truckin’
Making news
Selfie terror
Check in
Blue light zone
Bussed off
Yet more closure
today
in
brussel
(see also http://andytownend.com/2015/11/21/twentyfour/ )
(submitted to lucile’s photo101rehab)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens and edited in lightroom cc*
belgianstreets 
So interesting to see the situation through your eyes, thank you for sharing!
Thank you, you may also like to check out this http://andytownend.com/2015/11/21/twentyfour/ it’s been a busy day (still is)
I saw this in our local newspaper today and
thought of you, Andy. Please be safe.
Thank you Lois, really appreciate that, its been an odd day….still posting about it…
I can not click “like” because I do not like this situation…But I like that you went outside and tried to show us how do you feel… I saw on tv it was raining a lot !!! I think we need to stay together and to defend our freedom…
Thank you, we have to stand firm and not let ‘them’ make us afraid #unitedwestand
I saw this on TV today (BBC America) fell sad coz it use to be safe to walk in this City when i was there ten years ago for 17 years,but we have to continue our and not be afraid because this is what they(terrorist) want to see us afraid and scared.
Thank you, I agree, if we are scared and change our lives, they win. Can’t do that.
Great photos and very important to document these strange times. Be safe from Ireland
Thank you Rachel!
I saw in your photo essay empty gathering places isolating people from each other. I hope this is not a lasting result.
Thank you for taking a look, it was shocking to see the place so empty, at this time of year the streets would normally be crowded. A difficult one for the Government, if they had shut the place down there might have been a terrible price to pay, shut it down and nothing happens and they still get the blame. A tough one indeed.
Love the tank and the quote.
Thank you, it was an interesting day, may go back out later to see how things have changed..
take care of yourself but don’t stop living. There’s also one way to fight off terrorism is to not let them win emotionally. We need to keep on living.
Thank you, that is exactly what this post was about. I wanted to document what happened and the simple act of walking the streets and taking the shots was an act of defiance. I was in London the day of the 7/7 bombings, narrowly missed being blown up, and was back on the Underground the very next day. We need to keep on living and must not let the terrorists win. Yesterday’s empty seats in the town were just as big a ‘win’ for them as an explosion even if no one was physically injured, our society was.
I completely agree with you. That’s why it’s important to get out again. Last saturday in Paris was such a cloudy grey day that I didn’t feel like going out. But Sunday, the sun came out so bright and the sky was so blue, it was like a call to life. We got out, brought flowers and sat at a coffee terrasse. We did so again on Monday after work, and Tuesday. I’ve never been out so often before but we need to prove it to ourselves too.
We need to show we care, we need to share the love, peace and hope.
Thanks for doing your part, in wandering empty streets and showing the example. We need that!
Thank you for both your comment, your thoughts and you own defiant stand against those who would take these things away from us. It’s the little things that make all the difference – I just finished my ’24’ post – you might like the closing entry … http://andytownend.com/2015/11/21/twentyfour/
Take care!
We have upgraded to a 4 in Sweden some days ago. But they cannot win – we must do that. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you again Leya, I hope for all our sakes, and especially for those that are growing up into this world, that we find a way out of this mess…
Many people are deeply worried, and in Sweden psychiatrists are warning that we should not talk Too much about this with our small children. I believe they are right. The most difficult situation will be if our young lose hope and faith.
I agree with you, the challenge comes when those little ones ask the questions we as adults dare not confront. The future is theirs and we owe it to them to make the world safe for them, and that means each one of us needs to think how best we can do that. However we can. Thank you for your support and continued contribution here Leya, it makes a difference.
Thank you, Andy. Very scary and I hope that people can get back to living more normally soon.
Thank you Jane, word is now that things will begin to get back to normal tomorrow – on the fifth day.
Unreal.
Bordering on surreal.