No to agree or disagree with any sides of the arguments here, I commend our good friend Priscilla for this very insightful response. I couldn't agree with you more. As we all know, stress and anger will always drive humans to irresponsible statements and irrational decisions. Again, hopefully people can follow your blueprint here to cope with this tragedy and be the pillars of support for those in great need at this time rather than making premature judgments and justify actions that they otherwise wouldn't dare in a better state of mind. Just my $0.02 worth. No need to start another flame war, please! ===== > Rob Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > The original poster was trying to help us see the point of view of the > terrorists. He didn't say that he agreed with them. Understanding their > viewpoint will help us prepare for further evil deeds from them and help us > defeat them. Know thy enemy. This is logical. What the poster didn't > understand is that we are grieving and not ready for logic. > > According to Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, there are five stages of grief. > > 1. Denial > 2. Anger > 3. Bargaining > 4. Depression > 5. Acceptance > > Many people are still in the anger stage. This is not a good time to be > sending e-mails. They come out all wrong. Let's avoid the topic until > everyone calms down. > > Peace, > > Priscilla > > At 06:57 AM 9/13/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >How lovely. > > > >Reeta, eloquent drivel disguised as intellectualism is still drivel. I'm > >saddened that you feel the need to rationalize and excuse murder on such a > >scale and by such means. I also find it puts you in the same category as > >those who would commit such atrocities. Interestingly enough, do you think > >you would be able to voice a similar tirade in other parts of the world? > >You speak of us and them, where is it you hail from Reeta? Perhaps you can > >advise us here in America how you handle such "us versus them" issues? > >Hmmm? Oh wait, based on your essay I think I see how you would handle such > >a quandary. > > > >Your ridiculous manifesto is nothing but a thinly veiled approval form for > >the human sewage that committed this act. Your attempt to rationalize it > >sickens me. It's always ever so much easier to cloak things like this in > >terms that make it all seem like an academic exercise. Terrorism is indeed > >about people, as you so stated, and when you have people in this world who > >will stop at nothing to destroy others, or to advance their own fanatical > >beliefs, there are going to be tragic consequences. > > > >I had no intention of responding to this long winded "analysis" of yours, > >it is flawed both logically and factually. As such I will cut short my > >reply. I would certainly hate to seem arrogant. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"mehrzee@vsnl > > .net" To: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of rbains.vcf] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=19896&t=19896 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
