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I agree with you Sandy, EXCEPT in one way.... I read an article weeks ago by a journalist over in Afghanistan interviewing 11 year-olds in one of the madrassah schools.

The reporter had one of the commemorative Time Magazines about 911.... and NONE of these young Afghani children, who've lived through war and bloodshed reacted AT ALL to any of the photos of 911... until they saw one photo in which one can see people in mid air, having leapt from windows. THAT was the image that struck them, none of the others, which they invariably compared to something they'd seen happen locally, in their own young wartrodden lives.

So, the assumption here is that those who jumped can be propped up for persuasive purposes more effectively than those who were burned, suffocated, or crushed. Doesn't make much sense to me.

'Propped up for pursuasive purposes'. What a charming phrase. You really have a way with words.

No, those who jumped are part of the horror story that was The World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th. The media sanitized that aspect of the tragedy so as not to infame the public any more than we already have been. Well, some of us, anyway.

Now, Afghan civilian casualities are being trumpeted and shoved in our faces by the Taliban and their eager liberal media shills here in the United States. A reminder of how some of our people died that morning in New York would be useful as a counter-measure against the medias ultra-short memory and concern over our enemies well-being.

Sometimes just saying 'They died' isn't enough. We need to remind the media and liberals in general that human beings had to jump to their deaths that morning because of the actions of some Arab manaics with a perverted view of America and a twisted idea of their religion and now we're supposed to get all mushy over some possible Afghan civilians who may have been killed or wounded by our bombs? I think not.

So, the assumption here is that those who jumped can be propped up for persuasive purposes more effectively than those who were burned, suffocated, or crushed. Doesn't make much sense to me.

You're right, they are all equally and unfortunately dead. But most of them did not have to die of their own volition. They were trapped. I think what horrifies us about the jumpers is the terrible choice they had to make: be burned to death or jump. They were forced to participate in their own murder. Ultimately, whether it is logical or not, people simply DO react more strongly to the images of the jumpers which means, yes, pictures of them CAN help to sustain the public's resolve to see this war through.