Five Years

[redsleeves]

It's been five years, and folks all over are still trying to shape my opinion on 9/11.  The flag-wavers tell me that I am being too unpatriotic.  The lefties tell me I am not feeling enough guilt about my country's policies that drove us to this point.  The pragmatists assure me that I am allowed to feel grief, so long as it is kept in perspective

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[faceless_girl]

I guess Im burning in hell then.. but I supposed Id have to believe hell exists for that to happen, and I dont, so now what? lol

[hazeablaze]

This is the best thing I've read all day and on 9/11 in a long, long time.

I especially like this section: "The ash-covered people, like tiny spot islands in the mass river of impeccable evacuees. Why were they so dirty? If they came from downtown, how did they get up here so quickly? Why didn't they have expressions on their faces? Why didn't anyone look like they knew that something was wrong? Was something wrong? Were we dreaming? Was I?"

And your repudiation of all these "world-weary," faux-nihilist types who can kiss my ass, as well.

[redsleeves]

Hey, thanks for linking to that odd little rant of mine. I wish I had spell-checked it before posting it though, it looked like something that a home-schooled invalid might've scrawled on his bedpost with his own feces upon first proofread....

[exlibras_vixy]

There are no words, but thank you for sharing.