London Hurts

London hurts

You seem to have missed one of the most telling examples of online reactions (Defiance on the web, July 11).

Livejournal.com is not a "community forum for London", but a host for web journals for people round the world.

One well-meaning American decided to start a "London hurts" community to allow people in other countries to share their thoughts: hence the slogan "Today, I'm a Londoner and today I hurt".

But this was abruptly derailed when the community was discovered by actual Londoners, who proceeded to mercilessly satirise it with a succession of spoof images such as "Today, I am a Londoner, and I got a day off". – Clare Sainsbury, London (The Guardian)