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pan6467 · 09-11-2004, 11:45 AM

I may be hated for what I am about to say but frankly I don't give a damn because it is how I feel.

9/11 was not that horrid compared to what other countries go through. I wouldn't even call it an act of terror as the targets were targets to begin with. Terror to me is making the populace scared to leave home. That didn't happen on 9/11 or since.

This is not to say that it was a horrendous event and a heinous act against mankind. Nor is it to say I do not feel for those that lost loved ones. It is simply a statement that says I personally was not scared.

To me a terroristic act would have been hitting Disney or highways or gassing the subways.

Yes, we lost lives and 2 buildings and part of the Pentagon but again compared to Isreal, Lebanon, Japan (when their subway system was gassed), Cambodia, the Sudan, Nigeria, Bosnia, Iraq, Chechnya, Vietnam, and countries where innocent people die every day just walking down their street or children being blown to bits because they wanted to play in a field, our loss is not terroristic to me. I still went to the chiropractor that day, I still went out and conducted life. A true terror act would have had me at home scared what was going to be hit next.

To me this was an act of war that occurred on our shores and that is it. An act of war I had no problems with against those responsible. However, it was politicized and used and still is used to further political agendas and personal hatreds and to instill fear, hatred, prejudices, and so on into the US public, not by those responsible for 9/11 but by our own government and politicians.

I remember 9/11 and most of all I remember 9/12 because it did bring the country closer. It brought the world closer and instead of warring against innocent countries and not getting the people truly responsible we have lost that closeness and we have created more hatred and anger towards us.

So, I thank God that we didn't have true terror 9/11 and that for a few days we had a nation that wanted to work together and a world that very easily could have found peace. However I curse and hold my head in disgust by those who have capitalized on this event to further their own cause and damage the world and innocent people in the name of my country.

09-11-2004, 11:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I may be hated for what I am about to say but frankly I don't give a damn because it is how I feel. 9/11 was not that horrid compared to what other countries go through. I wouldn't even call it an act of terror as the targets were targets to begin with. Terror to me is making the populace scared to leave home. That didn't happen on 9/11 or since. This is not to say that it was a horrendous event and a heinous act against mankind. Nor is it to say I do not feel for those that lost loved ones. It is simply a statement that says I personally was not scared. To me a terroristic act would have been hitting Disney or highways or gassing the subways. Yes, we lost lives and 2 buildings and part of the Pentagon but again compared to Isreal, Lebanon, Japan (when their subway system was gassed), Cambodia, the Sudan, Nigeria, Bosnia, Iraq, Chechnya, Vietnam, and countries where innocent people die every day just walking down their street or children being blown to bits because they wanted to play in a field, our loss is not terroristic to me. I still went to the chiropractor that day, I still went out and conducted life. A true terror act would have had me at home scared what was going to be hit next. To me this was an act of war that occurred on our shores and that is it. An act of war I had no problems with against those responsible. However, it was politicized and used and still is used to further political agendas and personal hatreds and to instill fear, hatred, prejudices, and so on into the US public, not by those responsible for 9/11 but by our own government and politicians. I remember 9/11 and most of all I remember 9/12 because it did bring the country closer. It brought the world closer and instead of warring against innocent countries and not getting the people truly responsible we have lost that closeness and we have created more hatred and anger towards us. So, I thank God that we didn't have true terror 9/11 and that for a few days we had a nation that wanted to work together and a world that very easily could have found peace. However I curse and hold my head in disgust by those who have capitalized on this event to further their own cause and damage the world and innocent people in the name of my country. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"