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Old 09-12-2001, 03:55 PM   #32
Diogenes Of Pumpkintown
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Originally posted by Cloudbringer:
Dio, while I DO understand your point, I've got to say that a life is a life and I cry when someone is blown up on a bus in Israel or shot in northern Ireland or gunned down in Bosnia or Palestine... need I go on? This has 'my countrymen' overtones,yes, but again LIVES were taken. That's what counts for me.

YES, this hit us all very hard here in the US, but I also think it's a valid point that many of us would be equally outraged if this happened someplace else. We are not all alike, and I don't for one minute think I'm speaking for everyone, but I know that I do speak for many. Tragedies of this magnitude are horrendous ANYWHERE.

Cloudy


Dear Cloudy, unfortunately not everyone shares your compassion for other human beings, whether foreign or domestic.

I am very well aware that many americans are exceptions to the general rule I have described (Thank God for that!) .
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