27 years ago I was getting ready for my wedding. Today I'm hoping the lawyer will actually mail the divorce papers like he said he did two weeks ago.
But as to 9/11 - yes, there will be people seeking to use it to their advantage, but they will be massively outnumbered by the people who are simply determined not to forget - any more than the Holocaust, Hiroshima or Jonestown - that man is capable of incredible brutality, mostly when a few are allowed to speak for the many, and those few are Bad Men. Whether chosen by election, inheritance or "appointed by god," most societies at some point put most of their power in the hands of one or two. And there will be time after time that those few are going to choose a path that will be so incredibly horrific, it will serve as a warning for generations to come, and for some little time, people will be more careful - of and for each other. It happens over and over, and will not, I think, be changing any time soon.
So let them do what they have to do. I will fly my flag in honor of those whose first reaction was to run, not away, but toward the disaster to offer what help they could. I will pray for a day when the Islamic faith will no longer be used as a flag for terrorism and death, and for a time when people worship God, not religion, and serve Him, not some self-appointed messiah.
May your day be peaceful and filled with the things that heal your heart and comfort your soul.
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27 years ago I was getting ready for my wedding. Today I'm hoping the lawyer will actually mail the divorce papers like he said he did two weeks ago.
But as to 9/11 - yes, there will be people seeking to use it to their advantage, but they will be massively outnumbered by the people who are simply determined not to forget - any more than the Holocaust, Hiroshima or Jonestown - that man is capable of incredible brutality, mostly when a few are allowed to speak for the many, and those few are Bad Men. Whether chosen by election, inheritance or "appointed by god," most societies at some point put most of their power in the hands of one or two. And there will be time after time that those few are going to choose a path that will be so incredibly horrific, it will serve as a warning for generations to come, and for some little time, people will be more careful - of and for each other. It happens over and over, and will not, I think, be changing any time soon.
So let them do what they have to do. I will fly my flag in honor of those whose first reaction was to run, not away, but toward the disaster to offer what help they could. I will pray for a day when the Islamic faith will no longer be used as a flag for terrorism and death, and for a time when people worship God, not religion, and serve Him, not some self-appointed messiah.
May your day be peaceful and filled with the things that heal your heart and comfort your soul.