Comments on: Pre-9/11 Thoughts http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/pre-911-thoughts/ A formerly anon blogger, trying to make it honest Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:26:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6866 Anonymous Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:35:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6866 "t's also going to fuel a lot more remembrance of the hatred and fear that many people felt causing the discrminiation against people from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan to be elevated yet again" Hatred was directed at more than just people from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Even people born and raised in the U.S., but with brown skin (think Indian ancestry) and often not even Muslim (alot of Sikhs) were targetted and discriminated against. Basically anyone who looked "arab" or "muslim" were misaken for arabs - some even paid with their lives in so-called "crimes of passion" - murdered taxi drivers and gas station attendants - VERY SAD! I'm not saying that anyone is deserved of a hate crime, but the whole discrimination thing has got to go. After ll that we lost on 9/11, we should not resolve to sheer idiocy: this is a disgrace to the memory of those that died on 9/11 and during the war. “t’s also going to fuel a lot more remembrance of the hatred and fear that many people felt causing the discrminiation against people from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan to be elevated yet again”

Hatred was directed at more than just people from countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Even people born and raised in the U.S., but with brown skin (think Indian ancestry) and often not even Muslim (alot of Sikhs) were targetted and discriminated against. Basically anyone who looked “arab” or “muslim” were misaken for arabs – some even paid with their lives in so-called “crimes of passion” – murdered taxi drivers and gas station attendants – VERY SAD! I’m not saying that anyone is deserved of a hate crime, but the whole discrimination thing has got to go. After ll that we lost on 9/11, we should not resolve to sheer idiocy: this is a disgrace to the memory of those that died on 9/11 and during the war.

]]> By: Dad http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6865 Dad Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:44:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6865 It might be interesting to see that extremism is not only a non-Christian or non-white issue...look at the neo-fascist white supremist movements and extremism in the military (look up Intelligence Report in Southern Poverty Law Center movement). Regarding the need of people for peace -- the issue first and foremost is their need to feel safe and what might this include? Is it all about putting up walls or more security devices, or is it about elevating the trust among human societies? You might want to read the bishops's handbook on this (I'll send). I do not believe that America changed on 9-11 2001...they might have been awakened...but they changed one month later when our President announced "In our anger we will find our purpose." The reason why the experience at your school was so warm was because you were united in your grief which is the essence of our human condition... anger might be an appropriate feeling and is an excellent motivator but it must never be our reason for being or the source of our purpose....anger divides .... grief unites .... It might be interesting to see that extremism is not only a non-Christian or non-white issue…look at the neo-fascist white supremist movements and extremism in the military (look up Intelligence Report in Southern Poverty Law Center movement).

Regarding the need of people for peace — the issue first and foremost is their need to feel safe and what might this include? Is it all about putting up walls or more security devices, or is it about elevating the trust among human societies? You might want to read the bishops’s handbook on this (I’ll send).

I do not believe that America changed on 9-11 2001…they might have been awakened…but they changed one month later when our President announced “In our anger we will find our purpose.” The reason why the experience at your school was so warm was because you were united in your grief which is the essence of our human condition… anger might be an appropriate feeling and is an excellent motivator but it must never be our reason for being or the source of our purpose….anger divides …. grief unites ….

]]> By: Twoste http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6864 Twoste Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:10:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6864 I agree miles, lets not turn this into a ratings driven memorial ceremony. Watch the coverage, don't watch it. Whatever you desire. But fire years is just five years, even for the people directly affected and it's important to keep moving life along and try to find solutions to the ills of the world. I agree miles, lets not turn this into a ratings driven memorial ceremony.
Watch the coverage, don’t watch it. Whatever you desire. But fire years is just five years, even for the people directly affected and it’s important to keep moving life along and try to find solutions to the ills of the world.

]]> By: Miles http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6863 Miles Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:08:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6863 One 9/11 was enough for me. I don't need to relive it by watching it again every anniversary. Do we remember Pearl Harbor by sitting around watching real time video of the hours of bombing? Do we remember Oklahoma City by watching hours of searching through the rubble? Let's remember the victims and focus on lessons learned. One 9/11 was enough for me. I don’t need to relive it by watching it again every anniversary. Do we remember Pearl Harbor by sitting around watching real time video of the hours of bombing? Do we remember Oklahoma City by watching hours of searching through the rubble? Let’s remember the victims and focus on lessons learned.

]]> By: O-FACE http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6862 O-FACE Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:37:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/pre-911-thoughts/#comment-6862 Was I the only one to see our sith lord Cheney come out of his crypt and make an ass of himself in front of Tim Russert today????????? Dude got clowned... 9-11 is linked to Afghanistan Iraq is linked to "good opprutunity for new oil/my investment portfolio"... Was I the only one to see our sith lord Cheney come out of his crypt and make an ass of himself in front of Tim Russert today????????? Dude got clowned…

9-11 is linked to Afghanistan
Iraq is linked to “good opprutunity for new oil/my investment portfolio”…

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