Technology and Terror

I was like many people last night watching the TV while details of the terror attacks in London unfolded. Whatever your opinion on Iraq and the war on terror, etc, these latest attacks are absolutely terrible and shocking. I noticed during the telecast that the major news channels (BBC, Sky, CNN, etc) were all broadcasting mobile numbers for people on the ground and close to the incidents to text or send video pictures from their phones of what they could see. It never ceases to amaze me that these days we can have a major incident and within minutes, footage from so many different kinds of sources now can be beamed around the world. I was watching footage from someone's phone in my lounge room on the other side of the world, only a short time after it happened. Any sense of wonder at modern technology though was quickly dispelled by the terrible scenes we were witnessing. Our prayers are with the families of those killed and injured. For all the great things we can achieve in this modern era, peace still doesn't seem to be one of them.