I'm just back from Ireland, and incredibly jet-lagged (flew back on the 11th, seeing lots of St. Christopher medals and flags on folks), so I'll probably read the whole article when my brain can process it. (I'm just hoping I make sense in this post.) I found it interesting that the night before, in Ireland, they had a TV news commentary being critical of America for human rights violations in the wake of the events of September 11th. (I refuse to use shorthand for it.) They also had a dramatization of Flight 93 that was too heart-wrenching to watch, esp. the interviews with real family members.)
It was weird, too, to find the nation of Freedom-Fighters speaking cynically of America talking as if THEY were the only ones affected "And what about our Irish losses?" And I suddenly had the hair on my neck stand up when I realized something vital about the police and firefighters in NYC. They were predominantly Irish decendants or immigrants.
I don't think the Irish approve of how we are "remembering" the fallen with loss of liberties.
Lots of thoughts stirred up by that one. May comment in a posting, later, when my brain is functioning again.
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It was weird, too, to find the nation of Freedom-Fighters speaking cynically of America talking as if THEY were the only ones affected "And what about our Irish losses?" And I suddenly had the hair on my neck stand up when I realized something vital about the police and firefighters in NYC. They were predominantly Irish decendants or immigrants.
I don't think the Irish approve of how we are "remembering" the fallen with loss of liberties.
Lots of thoughts stirred up by that one. May comment in a posting, later, when my brain is functioning again.