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Date: 2001-09-12 07:52:04

Comment:

The world is reeling from this and all I read is mindless banter here.

For those Americans who denounce those who were celebrating your losses, need now to burn their "We kicked your ass in the Gulf War" T-Shirts, hats and lunch boxes! There is no difference.

War is not a new thing, nor is terrorism. They happen everyday, everywhere else, but here, but now it is here and we need to deal with it. I don't believe this was an act of war. An act of war is targeted to innocents, but is usually followed by a declaration of pride, and thus far there has been none.

Nightly, we see images of war-torn countries on the news, but we just change the channel because it doesn't involve us, so we watch the Simpsons. Like it or not, that passive and lack of compassion attitude for other people's problems is partly to blame for what happened here.

Most importantly, we have to focus on helping those in need. What has happened is a horrible tragedy, and your friends to the north are hurting right along with you. We know America is strong, and beautiful, but please don't include rash and unreasonable.