RE: Life: is that really OT?

I wonder if you would be quite so calm and understanding if they had crashed a plane into your parliament building while it was in session?

At 05:00 AM 9/12/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>My deepest sympathies to anyone who has a personal connection to the events
>that have occurred.
>
>It's sad that people are celebrating. Perhaps some of them have their own
>sorrows and horrors, perhaps some are young and stupid, and perhaps some are
>just sick or evil or both. But I think we've seen right here on Oracle-L
>that inappropriate responses are not confined to the Middle East.
>
>But saddest of all, IMHO, is the mindview expressed so well by the following
>comment.
>
>"We need to be cool, calm, convinced and know what we want to hit - and
>utterly destroy it. Completely." Well, that's probably a very succinct way
>of expressing the core beliefs of each of the murderers involved in creating
>this ghastly mess. To anyone who calls for an air strike anywhere as a
>result of this, I hope that lots and lots of people stand up and reply,
>"THIS WAS AN AIR STRIKE, YOU IDIOT. This is EXACTLY what you're suggesting
>should be repeated in someone else's country. Innocent people suffering,
>lots of them. Many of whom will probably sincerely regret the events of
>11th September 2001 and feel no sympathies for those responsible, regardless
>of what their government may be saying at the time."
>
>Perhaps you could be cool, calm, convinced and know what you want your
>country to ACHIEVE ... and presumably the primary goal is that this tragedy
>is never repeated, anywhere in the world. I suggest that airport security
>looks like a good place to start, possibly also the lock on the door from
>the cabin to the cockpit.
>
>Please leave the terror to the terrorists.
>
>Again, to those suffering our thoughts are with you.
>
>Greg Solomon
>London UK
>
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>
>Hi Listers
>
> Just wanted to express it.
>
> Sad about the bombings..
>
> Sadder about people rushing to defend it.
> Sadder about people rushing to own it!
>
> Hope you are all safe.
>
>
>Regards
>
>Just another Human
>
>
>
>
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