I firmly believe that day was an exception.
Everybody worked to the best of their abilities and tragically an innocent man was shot. The selfless acts of many that day made me proud.
But.
I do not in the slightest feel that because of the fog of war (that's what it was - multiple attacks on trains and a bus), heightened senses, nerves, fear and dread of another attrocity taking part at any minute that we should use hindsight to find someone to blame. The perpetrators are
solely to blame.
Certainly, everybody will have learned from this. This is good.
But I don't want the guys who are defending us, looking at a possible target get onto a train - in the knowledge that 2 other trains were destroyed previously, and hesitating because Health & Safety regulations could ruin their careers. If a suspect blows up the train ... how many would decry that they should have acted sooner ? I prefer that they sway to immediate action.
Not related to CDM, but we do not have rogue bands of trigger happy policemen roaming the streets shooting people in a cavalier manner (I am more than happy to use the tube, and walk through London). Brasil, on the other hand .... how many are shot by police each hour ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4463010.stm
D.