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To: dennisw
Thanks for posting this article. I wouldn't have seen it otherwise. I agree with the article's premise — that we should not avert our eyes from ALL of the horrors of that day. Rather, we should burn the horror into our memories so that we don't become soft again, we don't pretend to be immune again. Besides, it's my belief that we honor people like The Falling Man by witnessing ALL of what was done to them.

Don't sanitize the worst terrorist attack, and one of the single worst acts of mass murder in history. The hijackings were the most extreme form of brutality and inhumanity. Open your imagination to what those passengers experienced as they helplessly watched the planes they were on fly closer and closer to those buildings. Try to feel what those 100+ story falls must have been like. Think of the immense bravery of those on Flight 93 who chose to fight back.

The events of that day were bloody, feiry, gory, horrific, and all of the other adjectives that try, but fail to convey the truth we all MUST know if we are to prevent such acts in the future. If we are to find any meaning whatsoever in the deaths of all those people.

No, don't hide the truth from us. Only the images can tell the truth. Words are puny substitutes. I want to see because I believe I owe it both to those who died and those who might yet be victims if I pretend that 9/11 was really just another event in the passing parade.

82 posted on 09/10/2003 12:41:14 PM PDT by Wolfstar (And an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.)
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To: Wolfstar
I couldn't agree with you more. For the media to censor these images is an absolute dereliction of their duty as professional journalists. The lowest rung of hell is reserved for them. Their intentions are not to protect the families but rather to prevent the tsunami of patriotism which would sweep away forever their precious dreams of global socialism.
89 posted on 09/10/2003 12:53:16 PM PDT by giotto
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To: Wolfstar
No, don't hide the truth from us. Only the images can tell the truth.

The Press does not want you to see the truth, because it might make you "too" mad, and you might want revenge against the people who did this.

The people can never be told the real truth, for instance....

THE REAL "AXIS OF EVIL"...

116 posted on 09/10/2003 1:15:14 PM PDT by montag813
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