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To: Mr. Mojo
Having recently been labeled a "Senior Citizen" myself, (ooh boy..Denny's breakfasts are now cheaper), I must say that I, too, didn't lose a wink when the Challenger went down, nor when the WTC went down. The Columbia breaking up was sad....for about 30 minutes.

I thought it was because I was an insensitive boob too distracted by the need to earn a living and run my business so that a couple of dozen people and their families could eat.

I must confess. The older I get, the more I hate Liberals. And don't even ask me about these anti-war demonstrators here in the United States.

If it were up to me, Iraq would already be glowing in the dark.

70 posted on 02/06/2003 3:22:07 AM PST by DCPatriot
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To: DCPatriot
The loss of Columbia and 9-11 were 2 very different tragedies. The tragedy of the Columbia was the loss of seven professionals loosing their lives doing their lifelong dream. The loss of 3000 folks at 9-11 was the slaughter of people in the work place by our foriegn enemies!
74 posted on 02/06/2003 3:48:07 AM PST by DooDahhhh
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To: DCPatriot; Lee'sGhost
I must say that I, too, didn't lose a wink when the Challenger went down, nor when the WTC went down. If it were up to me, Iraq would already be glowing in the dark.

The first thing that came to mind on that morning of 9/11 was that Baghdad would be a smoking ruin by week's end, so convinced was I that Saddam was behind the attack. (And as it turns out, he probably was....to a certain degree). I may not have been frightened or devestated by 9/11, but I sure as hell was ticked off. ....But nothing that a 2 hour session firing my .308 Springfield M1A rifle down at the local outdoor gun club couldn't (temporarily) cure :)

As for the people - at least the non-NYC residents who didn't suffer any personal losses - who were too affected by 9/11 to go to work for at least a week afterward, and who still suffer nightmares to this day, all I offer them is contempt. Where is the American fighting spirit? By way of comparison, the response to Pearl Harbor was endless lines at the local military recruiting stations and righteous anger, and was immediate. But 9/11 was all about mourn, mourn, heal, heal, understand, understand.

And you're right, Lee's Ghost, about how lucky we are to be able to express our thoughts on the internet (FR in particular), and that many of us would otherwise think that we're relatively alone with these opinions.

129 posted on 02/06/2003 9:38:03 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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