Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same
I didn't watch any 9/11 thing. And I didn't read any 9/11 articles, including the blog entries that are sprouting mushrooms.
Okay, I caught a piece if the kids reading their relatives' names at "Ground Zero." And I heard the news anchor talking about how watching these children do this recalled the pain and anguish of 9/11 and I'm like, "Why the fuck would anyone want to recall the pain and anguish?"
Look, I'm not saying you should drop the whole issue. This ain't about forgiveness or forgetfulness.
I'm just saying I've had deaths in my life too, and I know that if you keep peeling that scab and pouring salt in that would you don't heal. I strongly suspect that's true on a national scale as well as a personal one.
Excess emotion blocks clear judgement. That's all I'm saying.
Posted by P6 at September 11, 2003 10:07 PM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1612Actually today hasn't been as bad as I thought it might be. I agree that we as a nation need to get over this. What happened was tragic, but worse things have happened to other countries, some of it done by us.
I remember reading Nicholas Kristof about Hiroshima and Nagasaki and thinking that those are the same kinds of arguments that OBL probably made to justify 9/11, I mean about massive civilian casualties. What the f*ck kind of morality is that?
I didn't watch or read anything 9/11 related either, although I seemed to be a lot more aware of it this September than last for some reason. I guess the further away you are from NYC, the easier it is to forget.
You'd be surprised, RCP. New Yorkers don't walk around worrying about the next attack. That's the people in the "Heartland," the ones with a snowball's chance in hell of being hit.
Thank God someone said it. I'm so tired of hearing about 9/11 it's crazy.