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September 11, 2005
Four years, and more
Four years since 9/11, and we still have our freedom. For that we should all be grateful. My fears remain pretty much the same as those I expressed on the first anniversary of September 11: The Twin Towers stood as gigantically strong, seemingly indestructible, twin pillars of freedom. I will never be able to shake that awful memory of how, in the instant these giants came crashing down, they were suddenly not strong at all, and certainly not to be taken for granted. Instead, they appeared very frail and delicate.The natural catastrophe of Hurrican Katrina shouldn't make anyone forget or take our freedom for granted. The purpose of this post is not to express recriminations or place blame, but the fact is, there are people who exploit every unfortunate event to take away more freedom as they pursue power, and events in New Orleans are no exception. When bad stuff happens, most Americans want to do something about it. Others, unfortunately, think the answer lies in taking away freedom. My hope is that this latest horrible event will help generate a renaissance of pride in American self reliance, which will in turn remind Americans of what it is that we are defending in the forgotten war against terrorism. Yes, I did say forgotten. And it shouldn't be. It's our country, and if it's worth defending against hurricanes, it's even more worth defending against terrorism. We're not helpless, and we ought to remember that. To succumb to helplessness by surrendering freedom is always to lose.
 posted by Eric on 09.11.05 at 01:40 AM
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You said it Eric. It's forgotten. We need better means of remembrance. We believe there is a lack of (or maybe "ANY") 'appropriate' 9/11 memorials, anywhere. We've put our own 5 minute video memorial online. No burning buildings, no rubble, no explosions, no speeches, no screeches, no Bin Laden, no bodies. Just a remembrance of some people whose lives were cut short through no fault of their own, with poignant candid snapshots from their lives, with musical background. http://mistersnitch.blogspot.com/2005/09/our-after-911-site-is-online.html Mr. Snitch · September 11, 2005 12:51 PM Dear Mr. Snitch: That is a beautiful memorial. Thank you. Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · September 11, 2005 06:46 PM |
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You said it all very well. Thank you.
The difference is this:
Hurricane Katrina was a tragic natural disaster, and the proper response is only to help the survivors as much as possible, and then so to rebuild New Orleans and the levees as to ensure that the next hurricane doesn't do the same.
The destruction of the World Trade Center, with the murder of 3,000 Americans inside it, was a deliberately inflicted man-made atrocity, and the only proper response is to go after those who instigated it and the regimes that support them, and destroy them. And, only then, when we have so defeated the Enemy that they will no more dare to attack us than the Japanese today will attack Pearl Harbor again -- rebuild the World Trade Center higher than ever.
In other words: The hurricane requires Charity. The mass murder requires Justice.
September 11, 2001: NEVER FORGET. NEVER FORGIVE. NEVER AGAIN.
We are at War for the very survival of America, of Western civilization, of freedom. We must fight to win. Nothing less will do.
Pim Fortuyn: With his death and in his death, the battle lines were drawn....
"Victory, victory at all costs, victory however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."
-Winston Churchill