Posted by Marie1 on September 28, 2001, at 8:24:23
In reply to Re: Terror's emotional effects, posted by sar on September 26, 2001, at 2:11:46
Sar,
I'm assuming I was one of the "few" who misinterpreted your response to our national tragedy in the earlier thread. But after reading this, I don't think I did. I don't see how you can accept the crime against our country, as though it's something we must have deserved, when you read and watch the affects of it on the victims? How can these be separated? How can this horror ever be justified, on any level, political or otherwise? I'm really struggling to understand your position.
Marie> this is what i was trying to post on in an earlier thread, except i think it may have been misinterpreted by a few (i.e., i was discussing my emotional response rather than the crisis on a political, macro level). i feel really disconnected from all of it even though i've an uncle in NYC and another in Alexandria, VA. i just don't know what to think.
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> i don't think anyone deserved to die, god no, but my own personal emotional take onit is that the U.S . is dominant, exploitative, and i can underatnd how other countries would resent that to a fatal degree.
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> i don't support that fatal degree, it's just that i sit here well-fed and pampered enjou=ying varying degrees of liberty while other suffer harsh climates and edgy rocks, tough religion and fright.
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> an emotional level? it has not hit me yet. really i don't think it will until i'm unable to afford shopping at the mall anymore.
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> rilly.
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> love,
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> sarthesecretmallrat
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