[garinda]

I agree totally with the sentiments behind Margaret's sentiments for starting this thread. If it does get off the ground, good luck to you.

However as someone who has never worn a ribbon or a wristband, for reasons of my own, even though l have had many friends who have died because of AIDS or breastcancer, [the two main reasons for the fashion for ribbons and wristbands starting,] l have my reservations about it's impact.


I hope people across the community who choose not to wear the wristband/ribbon whatever their religious background, will not be targeted as someone who perhaps supports these acts of terror?

Like l posted sometime after reading in the Sunday papers, when the Uncle of one of the Yorkshire bombers said this kind of thing is 'inevitable' because of the way Muslim's are treated in this country, this is the kind of attitude that needs targeting, and won't be solved by us arguing about the colours to be used on this piece of well meaning tokenism.