Posted by sar on September 29, 2001, at 1:58:43
In reply to Re: Terror's emotional effects » sar, posted by Marie1 on September 28, 2001, at 8:24:23
> 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.
> Mariedear Marie,
please read my response to Wendy, because that explains my position as eloquently as i can handle right now.
i am not a patritoic american.
am i upset that this has happened? yes, very much so. do i feel it viscerally? no. as i posted to Wendy, i don't want to get into any type of political argument. we are posting on PSYCHO-SOCIAL BABBLE, and i am only honestly revealing, somewhat flippantly, embarrassedly, horribly, how i truly feel. as i posted to Wendy, i'm not politcally correct. im' not proud to be an american. i feel we terribly exploit other countries and that most americans are not aware of the extent.
i wish i could feel more for new york, i wish it would make me scream and sob, i wish i wish i i wish i wish i wish i wish
but i don't& i don't lie
maybe i've lost my humanity, as Wendy suggests. in my mind thought, it's just that i can't comprehend: you know how they say no one can comprehend the size/space/time of the universe/cosmos? i can't understand this tragedy because i did not see it firsthand.
again, i want to stress that i wish to offend no one: i'm simply expressing how i feel where i feel it is appropriate.
sincerely,
sar
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > rilly.
> >
> > love,
> >
> > sarthesecretmallrat
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