I would like to echo Gordon's comments...we cannot sink to their level in
the pursuit of justice. That is exactly what they want is to make us
paranoid and fearful. But at the same time we need to be vigilant and ensure
that we find those responsible and do our best to not let it happen again.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. My praise
and admiration goes to all those who are helping the people involved in this
tragedy.
I guess this is our generation's Pearl Harbor.
Jim Moore
69 RHD 2000
Dunkirk MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
To: "datsun roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 5:22 PM
Subject: RE: Tragedy in the USA
> It's ironic that the very fact that we are a free society makes it so easy
for
> others to commit acts of terrorism against us. At the same time, those who
> strike against us deny freedom to their own people. Oh, we could have
military
> guards at all the airports, train stations, state borders, etc. and
require that
> people carry travel papers, but then we would become them.
>
> The price of freedom isn't cheap, and it isn't always paid in wars on
foreign
> soil. That's a terrible thing to realize, and it doesn't mean we won't
respond,
> but being free sometimes means being vulnerable.
>
> Don't misunderstand me. I may sound like I'm being very unemotional and
detached
> about it all. Not true. I feel incredible outrage at the cowardice of
those who
> would attack civilian targets, especially taking innocent people to a
horrible
> death with them in the attacks. And I feel tremendous sorrow for all the
victims
> and their families and friends. And if whoever did this has any common
sense,
> they will be shaking in their boots right now. As one of the Japanese
officials
> said right after the attack on Pearl Harbor, "I fear all we have done is
to
> awaken a sleeping giant."
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
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