9/11/2005
Today is a day that will forever live in infamy. This was a day that our entire way of life and our principles of living were challenged by an amorphous foe that actively hates our freedom, our individuality, our success, and our efforts to spread the same throughout the world.
This foe will never go away. Terror and sneak attacks are the way of the enemy. Their motives and beliefs are not poison...poison does not grow...they're a cancer, and they spread and infect other flesh, killing and infecting as they go. Only by excising this cancer can humanity continue as God intended us to, free and without restraint on our individual growth.
It is on this day that I stand back and remember that we once had two shining symbols of American ingenuity and love. Two towers that used to stand tall, showing everyone that each person can grow to be as tall as they...that in America, anyone can be rich...anyone can be President...anyone can be anything they like.
We no longer have those towers. A group of evil men decided that without our symbols we are nothing. They were wrong. That which is America is not contained in a building. It is not contained within our flag, our founding documents, or our monuments. It is contained within the hearts of all right thinking people. That which is fundamentally America is not even confined to people in America. Those exceedingly brave people who voted in Iraq and Afghanistan, the people who work tirelessly to rebuild countries torn by war, and the people who stand up to be counted as against the dictators of this world...all of them possess the fires in their hearts that Americans do. No words that I have can honor the people who stand up in such a manner.
That aside, regardless of their geographic location, I name them American. I say this not as a compliment, but as a simple statement of fact.
I think that we should declare a national holiday to honor all people who stand up against dictators and other evil. We lost nearly 3,000 people in a wake-up call that let us know that evil remains, and that some will never let good know peace. More lives have been lost letting evil know that we will never let it know peace.
In the end, what I wish is not that the people who oppose us would die, but that they would be convinced. That they would realize the error of their ways...that would be wealth beyond measure. I realize that this is not likely, but a man can dream.
Until then, I extend the olive branch of love and respect to all who stand against evil.
Honor those who went before us.
I believe I will end this with a quote from Kipling:
"Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep" - Rudyard Kipling
-Bartleby
This foe will never go away. Terror and sneak attacks are the way of the enemy. Their motives and beliefs are not poison...poison does not grow...they're a cancer, and they spread and infect other flesh, killing and infecting as they go. Only by excising this cancer can humanity continue as God intended us to, free and without restraint on our individual growth.
It is on this day that I stand back and remember that we once had two shining symbols of American ingenuity and love. Two towers that used to stand tall, showing everyone that each person can grow to be as tall as they...that in America, anyone can be rich...anyone can be President...anyone can be anything they like.
We no longer have those towers. A group of evil men decided that without our symbols we are nothing. They were wrong. That which is America is not contained in a building. It is not contained within our flag, our founding documents, or our monuments. It is contained within the hearts of all right thinking people. That which is fundamentally America is not even confined to people in America. Those exceedingly brave people who voted in Iraq and Afghanistan, the people who work tirelessly to rebuild countries torn by war, and the people who stand up to be counted as against the dictators of this world...all of them possess the fires in their hearts that Americans do. No words that I have can honor the people who stand up in such a manner.
That aside, regardless of their geographic location, I name them American. I say this not as a compliment, but as a simple statement of fact.
I think that we should declare a national holiday to honor all people who stand up against dictators and other evil. We lost nearly 3,000 people in a wake-up call that let us know that evil remains, and that some will never let good know peace. More lives have been lost letting evil know that we will never let it know peace.
In the end, what I wish is not that the people who oppose us would die, but that they would be convinced. That they would realize the error of their ways...that would be wealth beyond measure. I realize that this is not likely, but a man can dream.
Until then, I extend the olive branch of love and respect to all who stand against evil.
Honor those who went before us.
I believe I will end this with a quote from Kipling:
"Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep" - Rudyard Kipling
-Bartleby
posted by Bartleby at 8:47 PM
1 Comments:
The cough, cough (Ben Affleck), movie Pearl Harbor was just on the tube. I just wish everyone in this country would come together on the terror war like people did then. The attacks four years ago were a wake up call, I just wish people would realize that fact and move on.
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