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amezriI just heard one of the DJs on the radio say that people are (probably) sick and tired of living in fear... fear of terrorism. And appareantly, if you travel, it's always in the "back of your mind." That is such bull frell. I'm sorry, but we in America do not live in fear. I think this incident happened partially because we don't live in fear, that we didn't expect this to happen. When I flew in a plane to Arizona two summers ago, the thought that we might be hijacked never entered my mind.
This was a great tragedy and measures need to be taken to ensure the responsible parties are brought to justice, but we can't forget that we are one of the most powerful countries in the world. We're not Afghanistan where the Northern faction was bombing the other side with such intensity yesterday, some reporters thought it was the US retaliating against Osama bin Laden. When we found out who it was, the news kind of let up on it. What makes the death of those people any less important? They -- and many other countries -- deal with that kind of threat everyday. I don't think about being bombed as I walk to class. My mom sure as hell didn't expect her plane to be grounded in Alaska.
We are used to things running smoothly. We are used to small crimes and small scale bombings. We are used to the threat being far removed from our country.
Yeah, America gets terrorist threats all the time, but then again a lot of people hate us because we've probably stepped on them on our way up. We are not a country living in fear and probably have not been since Pearl Harbor was bombed. Vietnam, Desert Storm, and other wars in which we were involved don't count. The people who died do, of course, but we didn't really feel the threat. Our country was never bombed. Not even during World War II -- London had the hell bomb out of it, but the United States was relatively safe. Until Pearl Harbor. Which was shocking because we didn't expect it.
I'm not making any sense. Argh. This is just so.. so... Argh! ::kicks the DJ on the radio::
This was a great tragedy and measures need to be taken to ensure the responsible parties are brought to justice, but we can't forget that we are one of the most powerful countries in the world. We're not Afghanistan where the Northern faction was bombing the other side with such intensity yesterday, some reporters thought it was the US retaliating against Osama bin Laden. When we found out who it was, the news kind of let up on it. What makes the death of those people any less important? They -- and many other countries -- deal with that kind of threat everyday. I don't think about being bombed as I walk to class. My mom sure as hell didn't expect her plane to be grounded in Alaska.
We are used to things running smoothly. We are used to small crimes and small scale bombings. We are used to the threat being far removed from our country.
Yeah, America gets terrorist threats all the time, but then again a lot of people hate us because we've probably stepped on them on our way up. We are not a country living in fear and probably have not been since Pearl Harbor was bombed. Vietnam, Desert Storm, and other wars in which we were involved don't count. The people who died do, of course, but we didn't really feel the threat. Our country was never bombed. Not even during World War II -- London had the hell bomb out of it, but the United States was relatively safe. Until Pearl Harbor. Which was shocking because we didn't expect it.
I'm not making any sense. Argh. This is just so.. so... Argh! ::kicks the DJ on the radio::
