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Originally Posted by noonereal
I think we need to be careful about who these "bastards" are. in September 01 I lived across from the the towers, saw the second plane hit and had gathered my family and was in the car heading out of town before the first tower fell and the roads were closed down.
We had armed soldiers for months on the streets but still i was pissed that we did not have any tanks in front of the mosque where the first attack had been planned (for intimidation). To this day I am irrationally upset at the image of people in my hometown celebrating the attack in the streets being shown on national TV. (Good thing I was not there)
That being said we need to be very careful to hate the people responsible and not a race or culture. Is McVeigh representative of all right wing country folk?
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That must of been a terrible sight, my condolences.
Now don't sell me short. I've read up on this, and realize that all Muslims are not the same. Pretty much forgot everything I've read, but I understand the principles...that's the main thing. I can always reeducate myself if necessary. Besides, my memory isn't what it used to be...too many concussions, too many near heat strokes, too many frosty tops. Least the frosty tops were fun, most of the time.
Whenever I worked at the joint, and I got crossways with a black, I never used the "N" word. Used plenty of other vile terms, but not the "N". Like I told people, "I don't want the SOB to think I hate him because of his race, I want the SOB to know that I hate him because of who he is."
To tell the truth, I got along better with the blacks than I did with the white punks and the Aryan Brotherhood.
Chas