09-11-2002, 05:44 PM
I am not always in control of my emotions. I just tend to not be very emotional about things. The most visible emotion I have would have to be frustration. Knowing that, I try to avoid it at all costs.
Also, I guess I kind of see it like this, the attacks were attacks on America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. Many people died to make this country what it is, and many more are going to die to keep it this way. We have gone into other countries and killed and maimed in the name of democracy. These people did the same in the name of Allah (in their minds). Do I agree with the idea of killing innocents? No, of course not. But, I can understand why they did what they did. It was an incredibly strategic move that was amazingly well carried out.
Understand this...
America is not a perfect country. We are certainly not without our faults. However, this is the best country in the world in which to live. To live here and maintain our lifestyles, we will occasionally have to suffer loss, but one day of terror hardly compares to years of civil unrest and military rule.
I think that the repercussions for the attack on the US should've been all out war. But, I'm not the president or the dude in charge of the military, so I can't make that call. In the mean time, I'm gonna continue to live my fat American lifestyle as long as I can, and I'm not going to waste my time worrying about things that have already happened and are out of my control.
There is a bit of idealism in my theory, but I really want to treat this that way. Watching all of the remembering 9/11 shit on tv has stirred up some emotion in me lately. But that's only because my mother was in lower manhattan a year ago today and made it out about 5 minutes before the first tower came down. In fact, I called my mother last week to let her know that I love her and I'm happy that she is still with me despite being so nearly a casualty in the attacks. See, I have emotion, I just try not to waste them on futile things.
Edited By Kid Afrika on Sep. 11 2002 at 1:59
Quote:I find it strange that you don't feel any anger over a group of people so full of hate that they decided to kill thousands of people and destroy things that meant so much to so many people.What's to be angry about? I have no face on which to place the blame, and even if I did, I wouldn't be the one to dole out the punishment or seek vengence(sp?). Afterall, I'm not a vengeful person at all.
Also, I guess I kind of see it like this, the attacks were attacks on America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. Many people died to make this country what it is, and many more are going to die to keep it this way. We have gone into other countries and killed and maimed in the name of democracy. These people did the same in the name of Allah (in their minds). Do I agree with the idea of killing innocents? No, of course not. But, I can understand why they did what they did. It was an incredibly strategic move that was amazingly well carried out.
Quote:the moment you fly a plane into a building and kill inncoent people, you lose you're right to be upset at how you've been wronged. You no longer have the authority to tell someone else what they are doing wrong to you when you actually make the decision to take innocent people's lives just to make a point and scare themAs heated as you are, their tactics apparently worked. Look man, as much as we may hate to admit, we know that our country is the adolescent bully of the world. We force our opinion of what is just and fair onto the rest of the world. What gives us the right? We have bigger guns. Well, how about them using "our" planes to wreak havoc on our country.
Understand this...
America is not a perfect country. We are certainly not without our faults. However, this is the best country in the world in which to live. To live here and maintain our lifestyles, we will occasionally have to suffer loss, but one day of terror hardly compares to years of civil unrest and military rule.
I think that the repercussions for the attack on the US should've been all out war. But, I'm not the president or the dude in charge of the military, so I can't make that call. In the mean time, I'm gonna continue to live my fat American lifestyle as long as I can, and I'm not going to waste my time worrying about things that have already happened and are out of my control.
There is a bit of idealism in my theory, but I really want to treat this that way. Watching all of the remembering 9/11 shit on tv has stirred up some emotion in me lately. But that's only because my mother was in lower manhattan a year ago today and made it out about 5 minutes before the first tower came down. In fact, I called my mother last week to let her know that I love her and I'm happy that she is still with me despite being so nearly a casualty in the attacks. See, I have emotion, I just try not to waste them on futile things.
Edited By Kid Afrika on Sep. 11 2002 at 1:59