What I find it really offensive...

Post #257,676 by Simon_Jester 6/4/06 8:29:50 AM Reply	What I find it really offensive... But certainly my thought process was common pre-9/11 Is the number of people (including our President) who claim they suddenly woke-up on 9/11. Never mind that the Cole was bombed....or our embassies bombed...or the Oklahoma City bombing....or the fact that the World Trade Center was bombed before. (Interesting statical fact - the time between WTC bombing is like 7 years...why do people pride themselves on no attacks in a mere 4 years?) The issue of using planes as weapons isn't new either. (Bush's own unit was nearly called to shoot down a plane that they through was going to be used as a weapon). <Shrug> I guess I'm a little more aware of it. I was 50 miles from Disney (et al) and less than 10 miles from Kennedy Space Center (and Cape Canaveral) and a mere 20 or some from Patrick Air Force Base. I always knew, growing up, that we could be a target. That all said....the joke wasn't funny, sorry.
Post #257,733 by ben_tilly 6/5/06 1:23:45 PM Reply	It's a matter of scale The other events mentioned were a lot farther away and a lot smaller. I did think about the possibility of the WTC being a target when I moved to NYC. But I didn't think to worry just because I was in NYC. After 9/11 I did. Growing up I remember worrying that I could die at any instant. I lived next to one of Canada's 2 naval bases, I'm sure it was on the list. (When I say next, I mean walking distance.) Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #257,742 by jb4 6/5/06 2:14:27 PM 6/5/06 2:15:49 PM Reply	Amen. Just outside of the city limits of Albuquerque, when I lived there, there was this mountain.... Any guesses what was stored there? (Hint: Consider the proximity to Sandia Labs, Los Alamos, Trinity site, White Sands Missle Range, and the Air Force Weapons Lab (AFWL)....) Yes, I knew it was there. Yes I knew it was a target. Yes, I lived there on purpose. Any questions, Ben? jb4 "So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't." — Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06 Edited by jb4 June 5, 2006, 02:15:49 PM EDT Expand All History

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