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911 is
the number you call in an emergency, and it's also shorthand for today's
date, which I'm sure none of us will forget.
President Bush and his warlords are promising revenge, but the feeling I
get from today's tragedy is one of hope for more peaceful times ahead--should
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America's illusion
of invulnerability has been shattered, and through this bursting of the unreality
bubble I hope will emerge stronger feelings of empathy for those who've been
made to suffer at the hands of U.S. foreign policy (Vietnam, South America,
Iraq, etc.), and new respect for the sanctity of life in general.
The Pentagon and WTC represent systematized violence and greed, and today's
attack was the inevitable negative reaction to entrenched practices which
place power and profits before people.
Today's killing is unjustifiable, but let's not think of revenge, which
dehumanizes and brutalizes us. Let's instead think how we felt that first
moment we heard the news, when our hearts broke, and seek those positive
actions which enrich us by building nurturing communities instead of isolating
ourselves in prisons of fear, hate, and paranoia.
My heart goes out to everyone affected by this, especially to those who lost
friends and loved ones in this cruel act. Let's work together to channel
our grief and outrage to create a more humane society instead of following
the spiritually and physically deadly spiral of perpetual
retaliation.
Go here to let the world know you are OK:
http://www.shunn.net/check-in.
Then go outside and ponder the quiet skies.
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