2002-09-11

[mdlbear]

I don't feel a whole lot safer than I did a year ago.

I feel a lot less free.

More this evening, maybe.

Comments

[freyjaw.livejournal.com]

Eric and I didn't listen to, read, or see the 9/11 coverage. This was deliberate. (They pre-empted the traffic reports for a memorial. Gah!) There's just too much, well, er, too much. Period. We all can grieve and remember in our own ways without having it organized and televized and media-spattered everywhere.

Thank you for your strength. You helped me get through and live life fiercely in defiance of terror! (Pop-rocks Oreos? I've seen it all...)

{hug}

From the Christian Science Monitor...

[tanais.livejournal.com]

...which has been surprisingly recommended to me by several friends as one of the more unbiased sources for foreign policy news and editorials...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0911/p02s03-wogi.html

"Is America the 'good guy'? Many now say, 'No.' ... Americans see their global role differently from the way others see
it. So the Monitor asked people in 16 countries this question: 'Is America the good guy?'"

Re: From the Christian Science Monitor...

[mdlbear]

Good article -- many thanks.

It's not just our foreign policy I'm worried about; 9/11 is being used by our own government as a convenient excuse to take away as many rights as they can get away with. And calling it a "war" against terrorism gives them all sorts of extra powers. Very scary.

Re: From the Christian Science Monitor...

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

handy bandwagon for other governments too; and it almost annoys me, the way it's seen as the only disaster that's had meaning or long-term effects