This sad day emphasizes in a horrible way the shift from East-West to North-South polarization of the world.

While it is true, as a very few are saying, that the inhuman tactics of the terrorists should not blind us to the fact that the Palestinians have some things they are entitled to resent, what counts more to me is that the randomly chosen victims in the WTC and on board those planes had absolutely nothing to do with any of this. First priority is to look after survivors and help those with loved ones as yet unaccounted for.

After that, can we do anything to prevent equally unjustified attacks on Muslims in our local communities? Hope so.

Have to either get over a feeling of deep disatisfaction with the triviality of most of what I do for a living, or else harness that and go do something better.

Thanks, Catters from Europe and elsewhere, for your kind thoughts.

CC