Posted by shelliR on September 30, 2001, at 12:07:57
In reply to Re: Terror's emotional effects, posted by sar on September 26, 2001, at 2:11:46
> 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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> sarthesecretmallratSar, generally I love your posts and have great feeling for you. The thing that is irriating me about your posts in this thread and the other is that you keep saying that you want to deal with your response on a emotional level, not a political level.
So I understand the feelings and the numbness. But I don't think you have been true to your word. At least twice you have mentioned, "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."
That to me that is not an statement; it is a political statement. And the fact that you say you do not feel patriotic or proud of your country. Those also are political statements. So I don't think you are being totally up front. I think you *do* have political feelings that are mixed up in this . Which would be fine if you didn't keep running away from that fact, and coming to the conclusion that no one is understanding you because you really want to have feelings, but you can't.
When I was much younger than you and marched against the Vietnam War, I felt it was my responsiblity to let our goverment know that I was totally against their policy. So that was a political statement. It was different in my mind from an unpatriotic statement, because the United States is my country, and I had (and have) the freedom to say that I believe that our government's policy was not a good one. So I do understand what it feels like to disagree with your own government.
But as you have said. This thread is not about political beliefs. (Or is it?)
Shelli
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