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Post #267,264 by xtensive 9/11/06 9:56:02 PM Reply	Do you have the same feeling ... of sickness on behalf of the Iraqi's dying daily? (Honest question, not accusation). mX. "I'm man enough to tell you that I can't put my finger on exactly what my philosophy is now, but I'm flexible." -- Malcolm X
Post #267,267 by bepatient 9/11/06 10:25:40 PM 9/12/06 10:55:07 AM Reply	Victims of the random attacks are tragic but they aren't getting 2900 of them at a time. So there is, at least, a slight difference. What I find more tragic is that in Iraq, the terrorist/insurgent attacks are killing there own...with very little "point"...so for some that could be considered even more tragic. Edit: Point to above paragraph is also echoed in Malegaon blasts in India. The anger/bitterness I attach to cowards who decide to blow people up while mourning and/or at their place of worship is just as present while reading those stories. Again, not as powerful as the WTC because of personal stakes...but still there. And at least one point of our current regime does carry some validity. Look at [link\|http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=72279\|these acts]. This is the new enemy. Find a crowd of civilians and blow them up. Don't tell anyone why or offer an acceptable middle ground. They don't agree with my reading of war and peace...so they (and their children) deserve to die. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew} Edited by bepatient Sept. 12, 2006, 10:55:07 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #267,294 by bionerd 9/12/06 10:37:06 AM Reply	Yes, but to a lesser degree because I am more removed from them. Havent talked to any of them. Havent seen where they live. I dont identify with them as much. But it still sickens me to hear about innocent people dying because of someone elses agenda. If I was born there instead of here my reality would walk the path of the people living in Iraq today. So yeah. I have sympathy. There but for the grace of God go I.

I really overestimated myself - (bepatient) - (41) - Sept. 11, 2006, 09:16:37 AM EDT

Glad I'm not the only one. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:19:09 AM EDT

Glad I'm not the only one. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:19:23 AM EDT

"Three dead is a tragedy, three thousand is a statistic" - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:34:12 AM EDT

Its not outrage. - (bepatient) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:42:24 AM EDT

I'm much the same. - (pwhysall) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:21:48 PM EDT

dunno if it helps but - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:31:19 PM EDT

It's about as many will die in traffic accidents this month - (pwhysall) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:39:13 PM EDT

You should be sick. - (bionerd) - (6) - Sept. 11, 2006, 11:12:55 AM EDT

Why? - (jbrabeck) - (5) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:21:44 PM EDT

I guess because - (bionerd) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:31:41 PM EDT

And- my task at work today - (bionerd) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:36:28 PM EDT

Do you have the same feeling - (xtensive) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2006, 09:56:02 PM EDT

Victims of the random attacks are tragic - (bepatient) - Sept. 12, 2006, 10:55:07 AM EDT

Yes, but to a lesser degree because - (bionerd) - Sept. 12, 2006, 10:37:06 AM EDT

Why are we at work today? - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:27:59 PM EDT

Cool, another 3-day weekend ... break out the grill -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 01:17:04 PM EDT

And the mattress sales - (lincoln) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:07:25 PM EDT

I was crying this morning. Again. - (folkert) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:52:48 PM EDT

I cried, too. -NT - (bionerd) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:33:19 PM EDT

I remember it like it was yesterday - (tuberculosis) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:45:56 PM EDT

I did my best to avoid the images on TV today - (Nightowl) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:38:16 PM EDT

How Safe Are We? (new thread) - (Nightowl) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:41:13 PM EDT

Perspective of a 14 year old. - (mmoffitt) - (17) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:15:39 PM EDT

Actually, there's an easy answer: the true one - (jake123) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:19:08 PM EDT

That's human nature - (bionerd) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:43:54 PM EDT

That may be - (jake123) - Sept. 12, 2006, 03:52:57 PM EDT

I was thinking about the kids, too - (drewk) - (6) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:37:28 PM EDT

'We have always been at war with East Asia..' - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:22:09 PM EDT

You knew that was an Orwell quote? - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:29:01 PM EDT

I've been reading a fine bio of George O - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:38:52 PM EDT

Depressing how often he's still relevant -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:41:45 PM EDT

Re: Depressing how often he's ^h^h the Greeks - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2006, 05:42:50 PM EDT

I knew... - (jb4) - Sept. 12, 2006, 06:47:59 PM EDT

She is old enough (and clearly wise enough) now, to grok - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2006, 03:59:22 PM EDT

I agree with her - (boxley) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2006, 05:19:27 PM EDT

Send that to Move On - they have the Will, the $$ and the - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 06:30:00 PM EDT

wrong messenger, need to bleed it from the grassroots - (boxley) - Sept. 12, 2006, 07:33:51 PM EDT

I couldn't watch or listen to the coverage either. 36 kB. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2006, 09:44:42 AM EDT

Not the coverage I was speaking about - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2006, 10:50:00 AM EDT

My wife saw that too - scared her until she realized it was - (jbrabeck) - Sept. 13, 2006, 11:10:56 AM EDT

The only thing I watched.... - (static) - Sept. 13, 2006, 09:11:11 PM EDT

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