Not George Lucas
Acrobat
What are my thoughts? I bet you're all dying to know.
I find it a bit disturbing. By "it", of course, I'm not referring to the terrorism. I'm referring to the reaction. Yes we're all saddened by it. Yes, it was horrible and unnecessary. Yes, it was unexpected. But it's not as unheard of as we'd like to think.
Every day, we look away from the atrocities that plague other naitions. We turn our backs to the slaughter of innocent people. We look away when the camera captures the soldier shoots the peacefull demonstrator. I'm guessing almost nobody reading this knows who Father Rufus is, what happened to him, and why.
Every day, we ignore this. Suddenly, terror srikes in our own back yard. Finally, we sit up and take notice. Oh my God. People are attacking innocent civilians? How can this happen? What does it mean? Oh no, the Palestinians are dancing in nthe streets! How horrible!
What kind of country is this where foreign people can come in and just kill innocents?
I'll tell you what kind. Normal. Yes, normal. I've been rather vocal about my distaste for the American psyche, and here it is again, biting us in the ass.
Why should an attack be so inconceivable? We know that plenty of Middle Eastern countries are at odds with this country. We're all familiar with all the violence that goes on out there.
Why is it a new thing if the people who hate us attack us?
"But they killed innocent people!"
Yes. Yes they did, and it's horrible. It's disgusting. It's heart-wrenching. It's also something the United States has done in the past.
Or do I need to remind you of two little towns in Japan called Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
"But this was an unprovoked act of war!"
Was it? I don't think so. I'm not saying it's justified by any means, but it is something that, in hindsight, seems predictable. You know how these militant fundies get. At any rate, why is it ok for us to destroy innocent lives, but wrong for others? We can dish it out, but Lord knows we can't take it.
We live on a pedestal. This is America, the world's shining beacon of liberty. This country is at the head of the free world. All other nations are inferior. This is America. We are untouchable. No one would dare cross us. Nope, because this is America.
Sound cocky? You bet. It's also the way we think. Hell, we expect everyone else to mourn for us as a nation. Of course, when it happens in other countries, we turn a deaf ear.
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the United States to the real world. We're no longer on that pedestal. We're just like everyone else. We always have been.
Now we're screaming for blood. We want to find ad kill whoever is responsible. Well, most of us. I don't. I think if we truly are a great nation, we need to fix the damage, save the lives, grieve the losses, and bury the dead. We need to make sure it won't happen again. We need justice, not vengeance.
I pity all the future victims of lesser terrorism against people of Middle Eastern heritage in this country caused by insane Americans out for blood.
I pity for the familes of those who were killed in the planes and the buildings.
I pity for those who are buried alive.
I pity the cocky and ignorant for the tiny bubble in which they once lived.
Most of all, I pity America for our loss.
Give blood.
I find it a bit disturbing. By "it", of course, I'm not referring to the terrorism. I'm referring to the reaction. Yes we're all saddened by it. Yes, it was horrible and unnecessary. Yes, it was unexpected. But it's not as unheard of as we'd like to think.
Every day, we look away from the atrocities that plague other naitions. We turn our backs to the slaughter of innocent people. We look away when the camera captures the soldier shoots the peacefull demonstrator. I'm guessing almost nobody reading this knows who Father Rufus is, what happened to him, and why.
Every day, we ignore this. Suddenly, terror srikes in our own back yard. Finally, we sit up and take notice. Oh my God. People are attacking innocent civilians? How can this happen? What does it mean? Oh no, the Palestinians are dancing in nthe streets! How horrible!
What kind of country is this where foreign people can come in and just kill innocents?
I'll tell you what kind. Normal. Yes, normal. I've been rather vocal about my distaste for the American psyche, and here it is again, biting us in the ass.
Why should an attack be so inconceivable? We know that plenty of Middle Eastern countries are at odds with this country. We're all familiar with all the violence that goes on out there.
Why is it a new thing if the people who hate us attack us?
"But they killed innocent people!"
Yes. Yes they did, and it's horrible. It's disgusting. It's heart-wrenching. It's also something the United States has done in the past.
Or do I need to remind you of two little towns in Japan called Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
"But this was an unprovoked act of war!"
Was it? I don't think so. I'm not saying it's justified by any means, but it is something that, in hindsight, seems predictable. You know how these militant fundies get. At any rate, why is it ok for us to destroy innocent lives, but wrong for others? We can dish it out, but Lord knows we can't take it.
We live on a pedestal. This is America, the world's shining beacon of liberty. This country is at the head of the free world. All other nations are inferior. This is America. We are untouchable. No one would dare cross us. Nope, because this is America.
Sound cocky? You bet. It's also the way we think. Hell, we expect everyone else to mourn for us as a nation. Of course, when it happens in other countries, we turn a deaf ear.
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the United States to the real world. We're no longer on that pedestal. We're just like everyone else. We always have been.
Now we're screaming for blood. We want to find ad kill whoever is responsible. Well, most of us. I don't. I think if we truly are a great nation, we need to fix the damage, save the lives, grieve the losses, and bury the dead. We need to make sure it won't happen again. We need justice, not vengeance.
I pity all the future victims of lesser terrorism against people of Middle Eastern heritage in this country caused by insane Americans out for blood.
I pity for the familes of those who were killed in the planes and the buildings.
I pity for those who are buried alive.
I pity the cocky and ignorant for the tiny bubble in which they once lived.
Most of all, I pity America for our loss.
Give blood.