Daniel,
I have calmed enough...
Eloquent words. I only wish I could have expressed my own thoughts so
precisely earlier.
John Allhiser MCSE CCNA
Network Engineer
Business Men's Assurance
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Subject: RE: Analysis (was: Terrible disasters...)
I beg to differ with your narrow analysis.
For the US, this is the first time since 1812 that the civilian population
has been under attack. It is the first time since 1941 that the US has been
overtly attacked in an obvious act of war (I fail to find any other words to
describe the actions of this morning). For the world, we have witnessed that
a relatively small group of individuals can hold the world at hostage; that
is unparalled in all of human history.
Wall Street is shut down as is the Exchange in London. Between those two
exchanges are the vast bulk of the world's business dealings. Everything is
shut down. Imagine that you, as in individual, just found that you cannot
access your cash, your bank accounts and that your home has just collapsed.
Yes, there has been speculation for years that such a thing could happen. It
is no longer speculation; it is fact. I note that your employer is based in
Massachusetts; it is not outside the realm of possibility that you have
customers, friends, relatives involved in this massacre. I am, quite
frankly, totally unable to understand how you could not be struck with
horror and revulsion at what has happened to us as a people, as a nation and
as a point of time.
I will NOT join you in saying this is nothing but a demonstration of
vulnerability; this was the cold-blooded, calculated murder of tens of
thousands of civilians, non-combatants in whatever war these aggressors
think they are fighting. At this moment (tomorrow I may feel calmer) I am of
the opinion that anyone who voices such namby-pamby "it's only..." as you
have below is an apologist who is, at the very least, emotionally aligned
with the soon-to-be-corpses who perpetrated this monstrous crime.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:16 AM
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> Subject: Analysis (was: Terrible disasters...)
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, John Allhiser wrote:
> > If we step back a moment from the horrific events happening, we
> > realize that the world has changed abruptly this morning.
>
> I hate to be callous, but the only thing that has changed
> is public perception.
>
> People have been pointing out how vulnerable a crowded city
> is to any kind of attack or disaster for decades.
>
> People have been pointing out how vulnerable the USA is to
> terrorist attack for at least twenty years.
>
> No analyst in this field would be surprised that this occurred.
>
> --
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