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domino
effect?
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911
is the number you call in
an emergency, and it's
also shorthand for today's
date, which I'm sure none
of us will forget.
President Bush and his
warlords are promising
revenge, but the feeling I
get from today's tragedy
is one of hope for more
peaceful times
ahead--should we, as
individuals, choose it.
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America's
illusion of invulnerability
has been shattered, and
through this bursting of the
unreality bubble I hope will
emerge stronger feelings of
empathy for those who've
been made to suffer at the
hands of U.S. foreign policy
(Vietnam, South America,
Iraq, etc.), and new respect
for the sanctity of life in
general.
The Pentagon and WTC
represent systematized
violence and greed, and
today's attack was the
inevitable negative reaction
to entrenched practices
which place power and
profits before people.
Today's killing is
unjustifiable, but let's not
think of revenge, which
dehumanizes and brutalizes
us. Let's instead think how
we felt that first moment we
heard the news, when our
hearts broke, and seek those
positive actions which
enrich us by building
nurturing communities
instead of isolating
ourselves in prisons of
fear, hate, and paranoia.
My heart goes out to
everyone affected by this,
especially to those who lost
friends and loved ones in
this cruel act. Let's work
together to channel our
grief and outrage to create
a more humane society
instead of following the
spiritually and physically
deadly spiral of perpetual
retaliation.
Go
here to let the world know you
are OK: http://www.shunn.net/check-in.
Then go outside and ponder the
quiet skies.
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