Warning: Barf alert!! Revenge won't wake the dead (The Gore Approach)

MSNBC ^ | 9/13/01 | Jill Nelson (all we need is peace and love !)

[Pharmer]

       THE TASK will be most difficult for the loved ones of the 266 people on the four airliners that were crashed as part of an attack by unknown terrorists, and those unknown thousands of others who perished on the ground. It is they who must find a way to continue without a lover’s caress, a parent’s advice, a friend’s laughter, a sister or brother whose interest was unwavering.
       Theirs is the loss that is most intimate, and it is they who will miss the tangible reality of those who have perished. They suddenly find themselves in a club they never knew existed and would not have wanted to join if they had — the fraternity of those who experience the overwhelming grief of losing someone you love.

IF ONLY...

We wait and hope for answers, clarity, leadership. We may never find answers or clarity. What we can do is demand leadership.

       It is impossible for the bereaved not to examine ways in which their grief might have been avoided. What if the coffee shop had sent another deliveryman with muffins and bagels for those who worked in the World Trade Center? What if that compulsively punctual secretary had been late for work, if the broker had met with clients outside the office, if that firefighter or cop chose to sleep in that day. If only they had missed the plane, gone the day before, not gone at all. If only they had not lived the lives they did, we wonder, would these lost people still be here now?
       Yet this unavoidable, seductive game of “what if” cannot change what is. Beloved people who lived their lives — as they desired or as was required — are forever gone.
       The task is far less painful for those of us who do not know anyone who perished. Yet the very public and political nature of their deaths makes us all mourners and victims. As a nation, we must come to terms with how to respond and go on.

VULNERABILITY AND VENGEANCE
       The cries for revenge and the vows of retribution began soon after the attacks, as politicians, pundits, and various experts flooded media outlets. As the afternoon of the attack progressed, declarations of grief and outrage were too often quickly followed by vows of vengeance. No one knew who would have to pay for this crime or how much, but still we were assured that someone would, as if an eye for an eye really works, as if retaliation will bring back either loved ones lost or America’s violated sense of invulnerability.

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•	Congress OKs funds
•	Bush comforts victims
•	19 suspects identified
•	Flight recorders found
•	Taliban remain defiant
•	Readers share thoughts
•	More planes flying
•	Heavy rain slows rescue
•	Resilient New Yorkers
•	WP: Bin Laden elusive
•	The next investment move
•	WSJ: Rebuilding towers?
•	WSJ: Air rules scrutinized
•	Newsweek: Houses united
•	COMPLETE COVERAGE

       Tuesday’s events place Americans, for the first time, in a position of vulnerability that citizens of other, less advantaged nations know all too well. Before then, we could not feel as intensely as we do today the everyday pain, suffering — and yes, terror — that is the fate of hundreds of thousands of innocent people who do not speak the same language or worship the same God or believe as do.
       We are, most of us, still in shock. We wait and hope for answers, clarity, leadership. We may never find answers or clarity. What we can do is demand leadership. Not the leadership of politicians angling for pet projects like missile defense shields or casting about for somewhere to lay the blame and someone to wage war upon. We certainly don’t need the leadership of America’s corporations and Oiltocracy, the defense contractors who stand to profit from military activity or the independent profiteers who capitalizing on our fears by gouging gas prices.
       It’s up to the American people to take the high road and demand that our leaders join us. Revenge will not resolve the magnitude of this tragedy. Nothing does. We owe the dead and those who mourn them the tribute of our true, loving, compassionate selves, not the violent and vengeful other.

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Jill Nelson is an author, teacher and regular contributor to MSNBC.com.

[Pharmer]

Jill, it was your approach that emboldened these thugs to do these dastardly deeds in the 1st place! They knew they could walk into this country and freely reconoiter their target unwatched and unencoumbered. They knew they could plan and train and execute their plan because America had your attitude. They knew they could hijack the plane with box cutters because we would just comply and do nothing. Jill, get your head out of your ass while you can and wake up as the rest of us have!

[SolitaryMan]

Probably pissed that reparations will have to take a back seat for a while.

[syriacus]

Probably pissed that reparations will have to take a back seat for a while.

I imagine a lot of recently outspoken reparationists are 'on the cusp' of feeling slightly embarassed. We can always hope.

[Naspino]

These are termites eating our country from within...

[MadIvan]

What I find absolutely maddening is that socialist morons like this person in your country and Tam Dayell in mine, can't seem to get their brains round the idea that the terrorists may not have the same value system we do, may not have the same respect for human life, may not understand anything besides force.

They have been brought up in a country where they are so coddled in freedom that they don't understand that for the most part, and for most of the history of the world, human life has been cheap. These people also have no concept of the sacrifices and strength of will required to secure our freedoms for posterity.

They're idiots in other words. This is war. Those who are willing to fight at least ought to demand that they shut the hell up for once in their useless lives.

Regards, Ivan


LET US GO FORWARD TOGETHER

[Libloather]

LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL

Carpet bombing has the same effect...

[Joe Brower]

What we can do is demand leadership.

Damn skippy, leftist shill. Something that was totally lacking during your buddy Bubba's reign, and something we now have with GW in charge, thank God.

Mange merde et morte, media scum.

[LibKill]

GAG, RETCH, PUKE!!!

OK, revenge won't wake the dead. BUT IT WILL HONOR THEM!

Take up the sword, Liberty. Smite the evildoers.

[Republican Wildcat]

This isn't about revenge. It is about accountability.

[ZaDomSpremni]

A great article. Thank you for posting it.

[My Favorite Headache]

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ba184883794.htm

Please report this hack to this link and all other communists and traitors. Thank You! Bump!

[Who dat?]

Is there a mechanism by which her citizenship can be revoked and she can be expelled from the country? She can live a peaceful agricultural lifestyle elsewhere. That'd be the best for all involved.

[Outraged At FLA]

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Let me see if I've got this right -

1 - Terrorists plot and plan
2 - Terrorists hijack planes
3 - Terrorists blow up WTC using hijacked planes as weapons
4 - Terrorists attack Pentagon using hijacked plane as weapon
5 - Terrorists attempt to attack D.C. with hijacked plane but fail
6 - Certain groups cheer this
7 - US plans to capture and prosecute those responsible
8 - Wack ass busta's turned over to US
9 - Wack ass busta's tried, convicted and given probation
10 - World blames US for whole incident and any new issues
11 - US accepts liability
12 - US gives certain groups money and aid
13 - BAP citizens go back to eating and getting high
14 - Go to step 1 and continue, changing steps 2,3,4&5 as needed and inserting nuclear or biologic weapons in place of planes

Peace. Another reincarnation of Chamberlain. Waaaa! Another BAP. The end result of gore-ification.
 

There is only one issue here. These pig turds attacked the civilized world. They will pay.

The islamic nations must go the way of Troy, Carthage, and Azteca.

Victory will be ours. Woof woof.

To others: Best to leave the racist sh!t on the shelf for the duration.

[San Jacinto]

We owe the dead and those who mourn them the tribute of our true, loving, compassionate selves, not the violent and vengeful other.

Hey, I know what! Let's really work on that compassion thing. Then the next time this happens, we can have an emergency compassion response team ready. And the time after that, we should be really ready to get a good sense of compassion going. The more attacks we have, the more chance for compassion we will have. Jill should really like that.

[ZaDomSpremni]

Correct me if I am incorrect but weren't the Aztecs, Troy, and Carthage eliminated completely? What are you suggesting? That US nukes all muslim countries everywhere?

[Benrand]

I wonder how she felt at the US leaving that kangaroo court in Durban...I probably can guess, this old, dusty 60's leftist.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

These bastards attacked the civilized world.
We must remove the threat to ensure civilization.
Neutron bombers, end of drama.

The islamic nations must go the way of Troy, Carthage, and Azteca.

[ZaDomSpremni]

You are not real. You are probably a muslim who is trying to make Americans look bad, because it's not possible for anyone to be as stupid as you unless they were doing it on purpose.