Guest guest Posted September 11, 2001 Report Share Posted September 11, 2001 Pete, Thank you. It has been a long, strange day here. I find myself holding back anger and trying to keep my natural good nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 So glad some of you have posted. The others, are you all ok? families? friends? netty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 Some of us? Where did our posts go? I posted twice. Cheers, nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 i and my loved ones are ok, but i ddi learn there is about 3 degress of seperation between me and someone who is missing 6 co-workers in ny. these are very scary days my friends. > > > So glad some of you have posted. > The others, are you all ok? families? friends? > netty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 > > > So glad some of you have posted. > The others, are you all ok? families? friends? > netty ------------- Thanks Netty -- the disaster struck rather too close for comfort (my 14-year-old son was 3 blocks away from the WTC when it happened), but he and all my loved ones are safe and sound, just emotionally shook up. I've heard cries of " Let's blow Afghanistan off the map " , but this only pains me further -- the Afghani people suffer terribly under the Taliban regime -- neither they nor the average Arab or Muslim anywhere are to blame for the actions of a few madmen. We must not lower ourselves to the level of the hate-filled ones who would do such things, even in our thoughts. ~Rita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 At 03:28 AM 9/14/01 -0000, Dave Marcoot wrote: >i and my loved ones are ok, but i ddi learn there is about 3 degress of seperation between me >and someone who is missing 6 co-workers in ny. >these are very scary days my friends. As I said in an earlier message that hasn't shown up, I'm about 80 miles away. I learned at a Tuesday night service that two of the people I know at the local UU congregation worked at the World Trade Center, and they both got out safely. Pete, - my last post was CC'ed to you, did you get it? This is my fifth post to 12-step-free, I've seen only one of my four posts today show up on the list, maybe this one will make it two for five. ---------- http://listen.to/benbradley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2001 Report Share Posted September 14, 2001 > I've heard cries of " Let's blow Afghanistan off the map " , but this only pains me further -- the Afghani people suffer terribly under the Taliban regime -- neither they nor the average Arab or Muslim anywhere are to blame for the actions of a few madmen. We must not lower ourselves to the level of the hate-filled ones who would do such things, even in our thoughts. > Indeed. I have been wary of passing comment other than to offer my condolences, so as not to intrude on the national grief felt by Americans. It is true that likely hundreds of Britons have also been killed, but that does not compare in terms of the national trauma felt, though of course it is the same in bereavement for the loved ones of British victims. As one Afghan intervied by the New York Times put it: " There is not a factory in Afghanistan worth the cost of a single missile " . The country is in civil war already and many people are faced with starvation. Again I will make no further comment as I believe that is all that is appropriate at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2001 Report Share Posted September 14, 2001 the disaster struck rather too close for comfort (my 14-year-old son was 3 blocks away from the WTC when it happened), but he and all my loved ones are safe and sound, just emotionally shook up. > Rita, So glad your son is safe. 14 yrs old-is he the little guy back there in photos. > I've heard cries of " Let's blow Afghanistan off the map " , but this only pains me further -- the Afghani people suffer terribly under the Taliban regime -- neither they nor the average Arab or Muslim anywhere are to blame for the actions of a few madmen. We must not lower ourselves to the level of the hate-filled ones who would do such things, even in our thoughts. > I'm scared, hearing lots of different things. Grief and anger together makes for an unstable, volatile situation......some feed on this. Hope everyone keeps their head together and not react in haste. I agree with you, only the madmen should pay. netty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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