[sarcasm]

We need a serious discussion about loyalty and assimilation

Bingo.

[exnavy]

It's not politicaly correct.

If you get angry because someone murders your brethren, you need counciling.

[Glenn]

I think a lot of people have been looking for a way to say this. Kudos to John Leo for finding all the words.

[petuniasevan]

No one polled ME. I'm still angry.

No appeaser, peacenik, Muslim apologist or Euroweenie better get near me Wednesday.

[CDHart]

The American people have the attention span of a gnat.

Carolyn

[gr8eman]

Maybe issue a "Mind-Numbed Robot Alert!" There is no question that either a) mainstream Americans are pussies b) The media controls their thinking oc c) both a & b

[TomGuy]

Many Americans have a seething rage that is supressed, but it still exists.

Unresolved anger is dangerous. It can build and will "act out" in unexpected ways.

That is one problem with the way our leadership has "encouraged" us to "deal" with the murderous atrocities--go on about your business. No, that was a mistake. We needed to see the bodies of those who jumped from the heights of the Twin Towers, followed by seeing the battles and exploding bombs, and dead bodies of Taliban/al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. We needed to see -- but we haven't seem much. So the seething rage remains, smolders under the surface. Another major attack on US soil might break the dam of rage. It is difficult to say. But the rage exists, though suppressed; and it will eventually surface.

[Publius6961]

laissez-faire morality - a presumption that even destructive acts deserve understanding rather than judgment.

And knee-jerk defensiveness.
Judgement is the 50c word for 'survival instinct'.

It has been beaten out of us as a society by Political correctness and multiculturalism.

Me? I still believe in profiling and discrimination.
Everyone is not equal and being judgemental is an essential part of a (long and) healthy life.

[Publius6961]

calmly analyzed the evidence in June and concluded that anti-Muslim acts are notably rare and statistically insignificant. It quoted an anti-discrimination lawyer saying that in terms of anti-Muslim bias, "basically we're not seeing anything."

But any resistance or reaction is "too much" from the invaders' point of view.
They prefer to keep their ideological and physical weapons factories humming deep inside our society unhindered.

Hence the constant stream of complaints.

If I can tell you're a muslim, you better keep your distance.
And no, I don't mean if I imagine you're a muslim. I mean if you are an "in your face" muslim in my country, you better be prepared for a hostile reception from me.

[Dante3]

Some people have TV, sports, and their booze & chips to help keep them quiet. And if they do speak out, there is the thought police telling them about hate crimes and forcing them to appologize for anything from giving someone a watermelon to the use of the word "niggardly." Yes, the teacher who taught that innocent word was forced to apologize.

Thus, it's no surprise that some people are frightened into silence. Surely expressing anger might cause them to lose their jobs or to be sue and lose their saving since even minor coments cause an uproar. Think Johnny Rocker. He was set up as an example.

As for me, I'm angry at the terrorists. At others also. I even hate greedy people who keep filing trivial lawsuits.

[YankeeReb]

40 years of ever expanding political correctness and guilt has destroyed us as a country, along with western Europe. Nobody believes in targeting people just because they're muslims, but we've got to start getting a handle on who's coming into this country, why they're coming and most importantly, WHEN ARE THEY LEAVING. We have so many so-called leaders (sadly many of them Republicans) who are more worried about being "intolerent" than about our national security.

Just for comparison sake, look at the reaction to Pearl Harbor compared to the WTC reaction. I really dispair for our future.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Unsurprisingly, the report finds more interest in family, spirituality and volunteerism and more trust in government

This is sickening. The federal government's open-door policy allowed terrorists to wander freely within our country and murder thousands resulting in the people having MORE trust in government? Airport security in the United States has turned to frisking little old ladies in wheelchairs and the people have MORE trust in government?

[Jhensy]

The amazing thing is that the world looks at us as racist warmongers.

[The Scorpion King]

This is actually a good thing. When you suppress anger the emotion becomes more intense when it finally does rise to the surface. Look out Muslims!

[Aquinasfan]

His reference is to Boston College sociologist Alan Wolfe, who wrote in his books "One Nation, After All" (1997) and "Moral Freedom" (2001) that nonjudgmentalism is not just an ethic confined to the media and other elites, it has become normal middle-class morality. He found that Americans are morally tentative and very reluctant to criticize others.

Absolutely! Damn the government schools to hell.

I said it then and I'll say it again: it will take two or more 9/11's to shake off this moral malaise.

[tomkat]

i'll be attending the memorial service in Shanksville on wednesday morning.
photo essay will follow sometime wednesday night/thursday morning.

should self-preservation be one of their priorities (oh please, let it not be so :-),
this would be a good area for the appeasers and rag-lovers to avoid this week.
solid red, and very pro 2A (not to mention Louisville Slugger) territory.

'course, the pussies never have spent much time out this way, dammit ...   

[MissAmericanPie]

This is why my TV will be off on 9-11, I don't want to have to witness their vapid little "ceremonies". I darn sure expect to see Bush in stocking feet, tip toeing into a mosque to pay his respects. I just don't intend to endure seeing anymore of that crap.

[rockfish59]

Where's the anger?
I wish I had one of these!

[Marysecretary]

I'M ANGRY. Just saw a slide show on 9/11 that made me want to cry. People just have forgotten how horrendous it all was. Americans are so complacent.

[gcruse]

We didn't weep our way to victory in WWII, and we won't now.