Re: To Mindy from an "Immature eastcoaster"
> i am genuinely sorry for what you had to witness and experience, but that
> doesn't mean you can say that people on the west coast didn't suffer as
> well. my entire family lives on the west coast, but a lot of my friends
> had just left for college on the east coast when it happened. a lot of
> close friends of mine have families on the east coast as well. so you
> can't just say that since we don't live there we weren't just as scared as
> you were. remember, you weren't here just as i wasn't there. do you have
> any idea of the rumors we were hearing? for instance, for some reason, a
> rumor was spread that a fifth plane had crashed out here. it wasn't
> widespread, but it was circulating around the los angeles area for several
> tortuous hours. things weren't as bad here as they were in new york,
> obviously. i won't pretend they were. but they were still very scary and
> very confusing.
> furthermore, i didn't say it was immature to grieve or to be afraid, but
> rather it's immature to use what happened to justify continuing the cycle
> of fear. remember, dear, saddam has no direct link to what happened on
> september 11th. all the alleged links are just that: alleged.
> and it is immature certainly to try to be divisive as you have been doing.
> remember the phrase uttered after september 11th by some foreign dignitary
> or another: "we are all new yorkers"? what happened to that?
> yes, it was a tragedy for new york, but it was a tragedy for the nation at
> large, and it's immature and stupid to say that if you don't live on the
> east coast that you don't understand this.
I never said you weren't scared, The west coast didn't suffer, or whatever slanderous,meanspirited,unfeeling accusations against me you are making now: This is what I said:
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My statement meant: I think you underestimate the severity of 9-11 on the tri state area both mentally and financially. Of course the West Coast suffered and people suffered loses of their loved ones because weren't all the planes headed to either LA or SF. Do you think the impact of 9-11 had the same impact on a town like Middletown NJ, who lost I believe 21 people as it did in Bakersfield? Im sure the town you live in life goes on as usual but the town I live in will never be the same. Im sure your friends on the east coast also suffered and were scared but I am talking about the after effects. These are people I went to High School with and my neighbors who worked at the WTC. For me, I remember field trips to the WTC and to think this is all gone is really sad. I drive down the turnpike 3 times a week and see a gaping hole. Do you have the same experience Mindy? Did you have any idea this is whats going on in my life, and millions of other people in the tri state area?
In reference to your defense of Saddam. Do you have any evidence he doesn't have weapons of mass distruction. Do you have any evidence he didn't commit horrible crimes against his people. OH, and we did have alleged terrorists theats about hijacked planes, someone chose to ignore it, and looked what happened.
Mindy, you trash Mr. Improper, but at least he has shown a lot more compassion for the victims then you do.