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September 11th, 2001 - A day........
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jomamason: [QB] I thought this was good. "By Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald >> >>We'll go forward from this moment >> >>It's my job to have something to say. They pay me to provide words that help >>make sense of that which troubles the American soul. But in this moment of >>airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only thing I can >>find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the >>unknown author of this suffering. >> >>You monster. You beast. You unspeakable #######. What lesson did you hope to >>teach us by your coward's attack on our World Trade Center, our Pentagon, us? >>What was it you hoped we would learn? Whatever it was, please know that you >>failed. >> >>Did you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your cause. Did you >>want to make us fear? You just steeled our resolve. >> >>Did you want to tear us apart? You just brought us together. >> >>Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and quarrelsome family, a >>family rent by racial, social, political and class division, but a family >>nonetheless. We're frivolous, yes, capable of expending tremendous emotional >>energy on pop cultural minutiae-a singer's revealing dress, a ball team's >>misfortune, a cartoon mouse. We're wealthy, too, spoiled by the ready >>availability of trinkets and material goods, and maybe because of that, we >>walk through life with a certain sense of blithe entitlement. We are >>fundamentally decent, >>though-peace-loving and compassionate. We struggle to know the right thing >>and to do it. And we are, the overwhelming majority of us, people of faith, >>believers in a just and loving God. >> >>Some people-you, perhaps- think that any or all of this makes us weak. You're >>mistaken. We are not weak. Indeed, we are strong in ways that cannot be >>measured by arsenals. >> >>IN PAIN >>Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in shock. We're still >>grappling with the unreality of the awful thing you did, still working to >>make ourselves understand that this isn't a special effect from some >>Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development from a Tom Clancy novel. >>Both in terms of the awful scope of their ambition and the probable final >>death toll, your attacks are likely to go down as the worst acts of terrorism >>in the history of the United States and, probably, the history of the world. >>You've bloodied us as we have never been bloodied before. >> >>But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody and making us fall. >>This is the lesson Japan was taught to its bitter sorrow the last time anyone >>hit us this hard, the last time anyone brought us such abrupt and monumental >>pain. When roused, we are righteous in our outrage, terrible in our force. >>When provoked by this level of barbarism, we will bear any suffering, pay any >>cost, go to any length, in the pursuit of justice. >> >>I tell you this without fear of contradiction. I know my people, as you, I >>think, do not. What I know reassures me. It also causes me to tremble with >>dread of the future. >> >>In the days to come, there will be recrimination and accusation, fingers >>pointing to determine whose failure allowed this to happen and what can be >>done to prevent it from happening again. There will be heightened security, >>misguided talk of revoking basic freedoms. We'll go forward from this moment >>sobered, chastened, sad. But determined, too. Unimaginably determined. >> >>THE STEEL IN US >>You see, the steel in us is not always readily apparent. That aspect of our >>character is seldom understood by people who don't know us well. On this day, >>the family's bickering is put on hold. As Americans we will weep, as >>Americans we will mourn, and as Americans, we will rise in defense of all >>that we cherish. >> >>So I ask again: What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that maybe >>you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the case, >>consider the message received. >> >>And take this message in exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know >>what we're capable of. You don't know what you just started. But you're about >>to learn." I hope we are as UNITED as this purports us to be. Someone will and must pay for this.......... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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