>"What is it in the way that we are living, organizing
>our societies, and treating each other that makes
>violence seem plausible to so many people?"
If after only 48 hours we begin to turn on and away from each
other here, in this tiny cross-section of humanity, what hope
is there for us to answer the above question?
I don't know exactly how we should respond to this attack but
I do know we should ALL do everything in our power to prevent
further loss of life - HUMAN life. For myself I have had to face
the fact that the destruction we are seeing is common place in
the middle east. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters are
lost there EVERY day. Our airwaves are full of counselors telling
us how to cope with our emotions - what is normal etc. We are
concerned about the effect of this ONE day on the collective
psyche. Take a moment to consider what this kind of DAILY horror
would do to people! One of the terrorists was a husband and father
of three. I can not begin to comprehend the hatred and evil that
must have consumed him but I shudder to think what kind of legacy
he has left behind in his children? I believe that we must evaluate
our Nation's role in creating or at the very least fueling the
hatred. This terrorist is now dead - just as the terrorists living
in Afghanistan will be dead if Washington has it's way. But when
the dust settles there the world will still be left with their
legacy of hatred and the knowledge that more innocent people
have perished. I think we would all be wise to be in control
of the anger we are feeling and take great care to make our government
weild our power very carefully.
Violence is an action not a solution.
Deana
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