Dear richlmo:
Part of the problem is the number of americans who saw Sept. 11 as the unthinkable happining. Among New Yorkers who have been here and there around the world working for social change, rather than visiting hilton hotels, were not surprised. In fact, we saw this kind of thing comming for quite a while. In fact, NYC government saw this kind of thing comming and took the kind of rediculous actions that small numbers of us were offended by, going through people's handbags in office building lobbies etc, while we who saw the problems in the rest of the world called for real change in the way the US did biz around the world as real protection. Let's face it, fundimentalism here and there feeds on poverty. Even fundimental capitalism is supported by scared and poor folks. We have to stop creating conditions which cause people to long for a world without ambiguity and uncertainty. It takes a comfortable soul to be comfortable with the kind of promice of change that liberal democracy promises. That comfort is disapearing in this nation. Let's stop worrying about pride or shame and begin working for a world without hunger and fear, then we can build big buildings again.
Cheers Larry