Enough, Already! [HUGE MEGA-BARF ALERT!!!]

New Times - LA ^ | 6 sep 02 | JILL STEWART

[Sender]

Amen to all that.

[cruiserman]

Or how awful it would be if grade-schoolers sang morbid songs about the rotting Civil War dead at Richmond?

Oh, I wish I were in Dixie . . .

[FITZ]

Play a small part in helping our self-indulgent nation to become a better citizen of the world. You'll feel oh so much better.

Feeling like a pathetic wimp doesn't make me feel better.

[Black Agnes]

Bet she thinks the UN and world court are just dandy things.

[glory]

I couldn't read much past the Lisa Beamer stuff. barf! Sounds a whole lot like a woman(the writer Jill Stewart) has sour grapes because a few sensible people who suffered great lost have gained some noteriety. I'm sure she wouldn't be half as fed up if it was the wives(if there were any) of the suicide bombers saying thier peice. Why in fact she'd be cheering them on for being so brave:-/ Of course I'm assuming a lot, but this type of article just makes me livid.

Sorry, Jill, we won't forget! Take another look at those pictures again. Those are REAL PEOPLE falling out of those buildings! Those are REAL planes going into the buildings manned by hateful Islamists. Those were REAL multi ton buildings that fell on Sept 11. I'm sure there is footage we haven't seen of people being burned or laying in a pile on the ground either crushed from debris or finding the end of their freefall from 100 stories up if she needs a reminder. An attack of this scale by a terrorist has never been felt in this country before and unless we remember it, we are doomed to feel an even greater attack in the future that will set a whole new level of suffering and pain.

Funny thing is I bet this woman has no problem "remembering" the suffering of slaves 200 years ago when it comes to reperations, or women from 50-60 years ago who had illegal abortions and died to serve her likely pro-abortion views, yet she wants us to "get it over it already" when it comes to being attacked violently on our own shores not even a year ago. I know of someone who needs to get over it and it ain't those of us thinking of that horrible tragedy on 9-11.

[tallhappy]

Liberals can't stand national self-absorption, huh?

She's more libertarian than liberal.

Not that there's much difference.

[Publius6961]

Well, we tend to deal with our own people.
If we were to dwell on every natural disaster in the world we would have time for nothing else.

Add all the man-made ones and it's enough to drive us all to distraction.
This spokesperson for redistribution (of feelings as well as wealth) does a good job of trying to institutionalize guilt and compassion.
Can't blame them for trying. The benefits are limitless.

[AF68]

Just another freaking nitwit who thinks America is bad and 9-11 was only a "tragedy".

[2rightsleftcoast]

I don't want editing of any news. Why is everything edited for 2 year olds. This may make me very unpopular but I too am beginning to question when enough is enough as far as the financial rewards per 9/11 survivors. When I heard some felt they were not getting enough and were going to sue the Airlines.

[RightOnline]

Got news for ya. I'm to the right of Godzilla, and I largely agree with 'er.

[daviddennis]

I can see her point, surely, but it's a cruel truth that what happens next door is much more important to us than what happens in NYC, which is much more important than what happens in India, and so on.

I'm sure the same thing happens in India, except in reverse - the earthquakes got a lot more ink than 9/11, and quite rightly so.

Quite honestly, if the victims of 9/11 turn down the $600k-2m in exchange for recovering damages from the murderous Saudis who actually incited and funded 9/11, I say more power to them.

Except in certain very specific circumstances, I doubt that they have much of a case against the Port Authority. I wouldn't even bother suing them myself.

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[gcruse]

.JINGOISTIC........I ABHOR that word......

Now why would you abhor a word that describes
the blathering, braying, bravado of insufferable
supernationalists?

Oh, and the article is bang on, jingoistic barf alert
notwithstanding.  We didn't mourn our way
to victory in WWII, and we won't develop the
steely backbone necessary to defeat an
ideology by substituting tragedy for outrage.
Goodness won't win.

[gcruse]

Well said.

[Commie Basher]

I wonder where she stands on reparations.

It may surprise you. The New Times often bucks PC stands. Libertarian radio host Larry Elder has often approvingly interviewed New Times writers. I think Jill Stewart may have been among them.

Nothing anti-American in this article. Much truth.

[Commie Basher]

How the hell is something that takes place like clockwork in India supposed to grab our attention and enmity (huh?)

Mass deaths like clockwork? Perhaps true -- but one could argue that makes it all the more tragic.

[Commie Basher]

I'm to the right of Godzilla, and I largely agree with 'er.

Megadittos.

[jmax]

I'm to the right of YOU, and I feel the woman spoke a lot of truth, also. It's called greed. I think the government, individuals and charity organizations have given them a hell of a lot more than they deserve !!!!

[Pablo64]

Sorry, but I can't quite agree with your lable of "vile". While I don't care so much for the tone of the article, there are a lot of very valid points (and many equally invalid, so hold the flames for a moment).

My wife and I have commented for years that we as a nation seem to have gone down this road of The Eternal Pity Party. What I mean by that is we don't ever seem to come to a point where we have expressed our grief publicly, mourned our lost loved ones, but then move on and keep our rememberances to ourselves as something private.

I did not personally lose anyone in the events of 9-11, nor do I know anyone who did, so you may say that I just don't or can't possibly understand. But I would point out that we (as a nation) are in danger of having these events become somewhat trivialized when we focus so much more on coming up with remembrances (lighting candles, moment of silence, tolling of bells, reading of names, symbolic gestures, etc.) than on embracing the living and savoring the precious life that we who are still here should be making the most of.

I'm afraid that we run the risk of losing the meaning of all this and keeping ourselves in a state of perpetual victimization. Anyone who loses a loved one will always carry a bit of sorrow for that loss with them (and it is usually harder when the loss is due to something horific and sudden). That is natural and right. But let's not get so lost in all the symbolic things and lose the righteous anger that we should feel, and that is as much a part of the healing process as mourning.

I'm not very big on a lot of the commercialism that has attached itself to these events, but I also know the media pushes people to do things that maybe they normally wouldn't do. They (the media) seem to make people think that these actions are required of them, when maybe, if the truth be known, they would rather just gather their friends and family around them and grieve and heal in peace and in private.

Our country has always had it's share of tragedies, and each one means something different and carries a different level of importance to different people. But we can also look back at our forebearers and see how they moved on in their grief instead of dwelling on endless ways to have a memmorial service. Let's draw strength from their example and show the world that this country is more than just some buildings, etc.

Again, I don't really care for the overall tone of the article, but I think the word vile is maybe just a little bit harsh and a reaction rather than a reflection. I could be wrong.

[goodnesswins]

Guess it depends upon what is meant by "goodness".....