And THIS is what I am talking about...
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seawasp... when I mention what the real casualty of 9/11 was.
This should not happen in America. I should not have to worry that while *I* walk through a checkpoint unimpeded, my boss, my friends, my colleagues who happen to look or sound different will spend hours being interrogated, in jail, under suspicion for no reason OTHER than that difference.
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With all due respect and apologies...
Date: 2011-09-13 02:39 pm (UTC)Fear the stranger.
Hate the stranger.
Kill the stranger.
It's as American as apple pie - because it is in human nature.
I think we'd both prefer that America (more properly, the United States) rose above this primitive approach. Maybe I'm just turning into a bit of a cynic in my old age...
Re: With all due respect and apologies...
Date: 2011-09-13 03:59 pm (UTC)"We all have a face
That we hide away forever
And we take them out and show ourselves
When everyone has gone
Some are satin, some are steel
Some are silk and some are leather
They're the faces of the Stranger
But we love to try them on."
-- Billy Joel
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Date: 2011-09-13 02:57 pm (UTC)It would be nice if there was a full public investigation so we could know just how this occured, because making people even more disgusted will not help whatever real security needs exist.
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Date: 2011-09-13 03:31 pm (UTC)Yea, terrorists have won.
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Date: 2011-09-13 03:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-13 05:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-13 08:44 pm (UTC)It is a 'War of Terror', and the world's governments are winning. Mere hijackers and bombers could not hope to achieve the levels of terror that our leaders are managing to reach.
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Date: 2011-09-13 10:42 pm (UTC)