Warbler said:
CP3S said:
I didn't live in America at the time of 9/11, or the few years preceding and following it, and I've always had a really hard time relating to Americans on it.
this I do not understand. Although you weren't in the country at the time, you were an American at the time, correct? How would where you physically were at the time, effect how you feel about 911?
I've witnessed a lot of violence in my lifetime, and there are massive events that leave far more than 3,000 dead that happen all the time. Many of these events are caused by bad people inflicting harm on innocent people, much like 9/11, others are naturally occurring. I feel mournful every time I hear of one of these events, even more so when it is an act of evil men. This is exactly how I feel about 9/11. If I became enraged/depressed/pissed off/unable to move on/etc. every time one of these events took place, or every time I remembered one of these events, I'd have to be enraged/depressed/pissed off/unable to move on/etc. pretty much most of the time. It happened, it sucked, nothing can be done about it. So it goes.
CP3S said:
, right after this happened every email I got was so filled with hatred and rage, I just stopped emailing them back.
what is wrong with hatred and rage at the people who did 911?
I prefer communicating with cool heads. Hatred is something I am against in general, even geared toward the worse of people. And rage is a useless emotion that benefits nobody.
Their rage was very broad, and extended toward most things brown or foreign. I didn't care to hear it.
CP3S said:
and it was really dumb sounding and annoying. Lots of ragging on the French too.
well, the French do look down their noses at us.
Do they? Tell me, just how many French people have you known, Warb? Every culture has its quirks that we stereotype them by, maybe there is a general French sentiment of pride and xenophobia. America has worse traits than that.
CP3S said:
It was horrific, but so few people died,
ok, CP3S, you need to explain this. so few people????????????????????
Explained in the first part of this post.
CP3S said:
so many violent acts have happened before and since that have claimed so many more innocent lives (including our stupid wars)
could have sworn there was time when you didn't feel the wars were stupid. I hate war, but the people that did 911 needed to be brought to justice. At least the wars rid us of these guys:
I mean you have to admit it is good thing these guys are no longer alive.
At what cost? I don't think either of them was worth it, I feel sure one wasn't. Yeah, I was for them before I was against them. I guess I've matured since then. Watching the cost, in resources and in lives, rack up over the last decade has gone a long ways in making me feel foolish for ever thinking that those wars were the lesser of multiple evils.