Posted by Jane D on September 19, 2001, at 1:16:11
In reply to feeling nothing, posted by sar on September 18, 2001, at 23:54:44
Sar - I've edited out much of your original post. I hope I haven't misrepresented your comments. I just don't have responses for many of them at the moment.
> if i'd read this earlier, i certainly would have gone out and lit a candle.
-I didn't see it either.
> but i haven't cried, i haven't been worried.-Neither have I. I think that's true for a lot of people.
>i saw a picture of osama bin laden in the paper and thought, oooh, he's kind of cute.
-Sorry. That one I absolutely can't identify with.
>...afghanstans hate us. don't we exploit the shit out of them?
-No. At least not recently. See below.
>...if you lived in Afghanistan how would you feel about America as a whole?
-As a woman I'd probably really wish I was here. Ditto if I were a westernized Afghani (if I were still alive). Remember westernized (by the Taliban definition) means believing that everyone should get an education - even women, believing that anyone should get an education beyond the Koran, that you should be allowed to disagree with your government or your religious leaders (one and the same) and that doing any of these things should not get you killed.
> ... somebody argue with me please...i'm so sorry about the deaths but i feel as if America is one giant asshole...
-(Always happy to argue even when not nvited :) This is probably true of all governments (and all people) some of the time. It's easier to see it in your own country because that is the one who's shortcomings affect you most directly. It's also your responsibility in a way other countries aren't - kind of like the way parents are most upset by their own kids misdeeds.
> plz someone do inform, my cognition has sharpened enough to skim the papers but not really read, esp not daily, and i still believe that The Onion is America's Finest News Source--
http://www.nytimes.com Start with the editorials and op ed pieces. Skip the ones which are too obscurely written. Stay away from the photographs for the time being. The Onion is great but they seem to be prudently sitting this one out.
> someone tell me something...
>
> sar-How about "Everyone is confused".
-Jane
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