Posted by joesoldlady at 63-93-69-32.lsan.dial.netzero.com on September 11, 2001 at 17:26:22:
In Reply to: Sorry if I've offended anyone posted by D_Aubrey on September 11, 2001 at 16:25:16:
: Look, I've been awake since early on in this crisis. I've been through a lot this morning. I watched live as the World Trade Center collapsed. I saw an airplane fly into the backside of a skyscraper. Then I was shocked to find out that every one of those planes was headed to California, full of fuel, making this a highly premeditated attack.
: People, I actually broke out in tears over this tragedy more than once today, so I really don't appreciate being told I'm a worthless, horrible fuck because I took a break from staring in horror at CNN to address a concern that I can more easily get a grasp on.
: There's only so much difficult reality you can take in one dose before you need to return to something familiar in your life.
: And you say I'm an asshole because I can think of something other than mass tragedy today? Well, excuse me for not sinking into my own despair while I sit powerless, distant from the tragedy, and unable to do anything to help. If I could get there, I'd give all the blood they'd take. But I'm not. I'm nowhere. All I'm doing is sitting and waiting for the final upshot. I've got the facts. I know that there has been massive tragedy all around the northeast quarter of the country. I know that people have lost their young ones.
: I know that there are children in Palestine right now, dancing in the streets with joy because the evil America has been taught a lesson.
: What very few know is why this happened, who did it, and what the repercussions will be. And I'm sorry if the only concern I can raise is the state of the comics industry, but what else is there that I can ask? Do any of you have an useful information, or are you just going to sit around saying, "This is horrible," and, "You are a horrible fuck for not caring enough."?
: Well, you have no right to tell me I don't care enough about this. This is a tragedy that hits so close to home that it threatens to consume us all. So if you can't handle that I don't want to be swallowed by the task of personally mourning the passengers and crew of four downed planes, and the many people hurt and killed in the aftermath, then I have nothing to say to you, because you just do not understand what this is doing to me.
: I apologize for the tone of my previous message. I feel that I did not exercise enough tact in stating my question. But thanks to Insane Ian for answering my question without feeling the need to vent his grief on me.