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day three, and it still won't go away
Sep. 13th, 2001 01:03 amWell, in spite of everything, I will go apply for different weekend jobs. I will make a habit of reading the Psalms. I may get back to my novel. I can't get away from this. I cried when I saw shots of Arafat and Netayahu donating blood. I do not know why.
Jesus, how do people who are involved in war deal with this? How do Israelis deal with trying to figure out if someone next to them is a suicide bomber? How do Arab-American Muslims deal with getting bomb threats? It is all I can do right now. I cannot donate blood, I am not sure what else to do but keep on keeping on. Someone forwarded me a message urging a lifting of the ban on assassinations. I do not think that is the answer--I understand his anger and grief, though.
Some folks have made remarks about getting what was coming to us. Okay, if it was some schmuck who crashed on his lonesome, if the destruction was to buildings. I know the US government doesn't always do the right thing, I can find much to criticize about the foreign policy, but it is just so wrong to take people just getting to the West Coast along with the suicide ride. The punishment doesn't fit the crime to me. What did they have to do with it? Hell, we didn't even elect the president. I'm sorry, that wasn't nice. I suspect that for these jerks, we won't be uninvolved enough. Maybe, after the dust clears, much discussion about distribution of wealth and power, and the effects on individual countries will be done. I want to figure how to punish people responsible without taking out civilians. With the hawks in charge, opposing fanatics, I am afraid.
If I have a theodicy question, it is this: why give the choice between empathy and cruelty, humans chose the latter, when it is said by most major religions to choose the former? Why do people choose death when life is there?
Jesus, how do people who are involved in war deal with this? How do Israelis deal with trying to figure out if someone next to them is a suicide bomber? How do Arab-American Muslims deal with getting bomb threats? It is all I can do right now. I cannot donate blood, I am not sure what else to do but keep on keeping on. Someone forwarded me a message urging a lifting of the ban on assassinations. I do not think that is the answer--I understand his anger and grief, though.
Some folks have made remarks about getting what was coming to us. Okay, if it was some schmuck who crashed on his lonesome, if the destruction was to buildings. I know the US government doesn't always do the right thing, I can find much to criticize about the foreign policy, but it is just so wrong to take people just getting to the West Coast along with the suicide ride. The punishment doesn't fit the crime to me. What did they have to do with it? Hell, we didn't even elect the president. I'm sorry, that wasn't nice. I suspect that for these jerks, we won't be uninvolved enough. Maybe, after the dust clears, much discussion about distribution of wealth and power, and the effects on individual countries will be done. I want to figure how to punish people responsible without taking out civilians. With the hawks in charge, opposing fanatics, I am afraid.
If I have a theodicy question, it is this: why give the choice between empathy and cruelty, humans chose the latter, when it is said by most major religions to choose the former? Why do people choose death when life is there?
