tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post6432585676614279242..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Rejoicing in the Death of SinnersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-22233772522611637792011-05-04T03:26:57.964-04:002011-05-04T03:26:57.964-04:00Yes, we have our own ongoing local stories. None a...Yes, we have our own ongoing local stories. None as big as 9/11 but we just had the inquest into the 7/7 London bombing, also a Bin Laden job.<br /><br />And we are also relieved that he's no longer here.<br /><br />But that doesn't change the fact that, understandable though our relief is, it is extremely unwise to have large public celebrations. I find the celebrations in Arab countries when Americans are attacked hugely emotionally offensive. And I know that these people will view the images from celebrating Americans with the same emotional response. <br />The radicalising potential is so great that especially people who are still living with the consequences of 9/11 should consider carefully whether they really are ready to contribute to the possibility of something like that happening again.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-64158353590170228072011-05-03T12:56:19.741-04:002011-05-03T12:56:19.741-04:00Considering the fact that the subways here in New ...Considering the fact that the subways here in New York are swarming with extra security, I don't think anyone in this little archipelago off the American coast thinks any threat has passed or any page has really turned.<br /><br />What for the rest of the world is international news here is an ongoing local story. And it is a traumatic one of bereavement (thousands dead with thousands more bereaved), rebuilding (itself fraught with emotion and conflict), lingering illnesses among first responders and work crews at the site, rebuilding the fire department(New York had to borrow equipment and firefighters from other East Coast cities for years after), lingering resentment of both government and corporate failures to respond and reform, and all of that emotion focused on the man who dreamed up and ordered the worst calamity in the city's history.<br /><br />I think people here had good cause for some celebrating.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-9233304385262659312011-05-03T06:09:38.660-04:002011-05-03T06:09:38.660-04:00There is also a political aspect to this. Bin Lade...There is also a political aspect to this. Bin Laden was also responsible for terrorist attacks in Europe, yet Europe doesn't celebrate today. Quiet relief, yes. Celebrations? That's counterproductive if nothing else.<br />America may believe that this is the end of a chapter. <br />For people from a continent that has lived with terrorism for many decades it's abundantly clear that terrorism thrives on spectacles, on tit for tat. America is currently giving terrorism the spectacle that will be the oxygen it needs to continue.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-33231121982856764712011-05-02T17:26:25.536-04:002011-05-02T17:26:25.536-04:00My beloved was murdered 12 years ago...there was n...My beloved was murdered 12 years ago...there was no investigation (not really) because (I was told second hand) his family thought his Gayness would be revealed and found to be an embarrassment--afterall, in a country where most murders go unsolved there is no justice anyway--personally, as *things* stands I´d feel perfectly comfortable/guiltfree seeing his murderer trapped and spontaneously executed...but, alas, I must be content with noting small villagers ¨solving¨ grotesque deadly behavior with vigilante style executions to there own ¨violators¨...the indigenous folks seem to know what true justice is all about. It´s hard to start pointing fingers--there are sooo many directions to point fingers, and toes, in!Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-90965744258395948522011-05-02T14:48:53.050-04:002011-05-02T14:48:53.050-04:00I think we can be thankful because all the hate he...I think we can be thankful because all the hate he created and the killing, but to celebrate seems wrong to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-43291279365492071212011-05-02T10:51:06.342-04:002011-05-02T10:51:06.342-04:00As a New Yorker, who lost a friend in the tower, I...As a New Yorker, who lost a friend in the tower, I am glad that we have finally ended this paragraph, if not chapter in our history. <br />However, as a Christian, when viewing the shots of the crowds in DC and NY I am troubled. Most of those in the crowd seem to be about 20ish, meaning that they were mere children in 2001 and the shouts of "USA, USA" scare me a bit.Ueber-Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041354309320717456noreply@blogger.com