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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] This is a blog entry I just posted. I don't think anyone here except for Frank & maybe Se�or Benson reads it, so here it is. Flame as you will. [i][b]GODFUCKING DAMMIT I HATE HUMANS!!![/b] I just was yelled at and made to leave by Emily and Gretchen...because I refused to believe the bullshit that surrounds today. Because supposedly I'm "mean" and "callous" and "uncaring." Well, fuck you, too. Yes, a year ago 3000 people died in a shock attack on this nation. Yes, I was galvanized as well. No, I lost no one...but yes, like most people I almost lost someone. My sister was under the North Tower on the train on her way to work when the first strike came; she was evaced and looked up to see the second one. Linda was part of the Brooklyn Bridge exodus. Lenora was driven hom to the Bronx from her school by a cop; both she and the officer were coated head-to-toe in remains and dust. I have a personal stake as well: I grew up living and breathing New York. I'd eaten at Windows On The World. But I don't buy into the "remembrance" concept. Memorials are small, personal, tasteful. They are not media extravaganzas. They are not jingoistic bonfires of nationalism fueled by laser-guided strikes of "righteous rage." DEATH HAPPENS. EVENTS HAPPEN. Fluidity simply...IS. Recently, I read a comment on Flare that said, "The universe is simply a fluid series of uncertainties." How right that person was. Things happen, and we move on. So it's been a year. SO WHAT. Is this going to be a yearly thing? I, for one, am simply fed up with the "memoriams," the anniversaries, the pointless nothingness. Where are the services on January 26th? Or January 28th? We BARELY have them on December 7th anymore. And why only the BAD times? Why not V-E Day or V-J Day? Why not the day the British left Yorktown? Or the end of the Civil War? No, instead we cling on to the past like a bunch of scared children. "Oh, it's Columbine Day." "Oh, it's Oklahoma City Day." "Oh, it's the death of JFK, Jr." "Oh, it's Flight 800 Day." "Oh, it's September 11th." They want to name today as "Patriot's Day," you know. I love it. Patriotism by default, a new crop of involuntary martyrs. How many of those people really cared when it came to it? How many of the rest of us really cared? I sure didn't, and I still don't. Why? Because I can see the larger picture. Look beyond nations, looke beyond stupid infighting, and look at the larger picture. Almsot 350 firefighters lost their lives last year; Company 2 was entirely wiped out. Tragic, yes...but have you ever met a firefighter? They're like Klingons--they wouldn't have wanted to go any other way. Tragic, perhaps. Heroic, indeed. But sad? No. It's JOYOUS. I don't know a cop, firefighter, paramedic, or other member of a civilian support agency that wouldn't have done the same dam thing. These people do not do these things because they merely enjoy it. They ARE the jobs. It's not like your sales analysis job or my data entry job. It's not because they're good at them or mildly enjoy them. They are HARDCORE and I'm DAMN proud of them for dying on the job, doing what they loved and knew they needed to do. Would that so many of the rest of us be able to claim the same . But past the immediate loss...what does it matter? It's become the international equivalent of a "Save The Children" ad. The flag waves, the smoky shots are shown, and the crying starts...and it's all designed to make us feel BAD. Well, fuck THAT. Death IS. Events HAPPEN. Let it all get put to rest, let the people directly affected with move on with their lives, and stop dredging it all up. Frank Zappa talked once about "death by nostalgia," the point where "one cannot take a step without becoming nostalgic about where we once were." This nation was soon approaching that point, and in the past year, we've barreled along at a vastly increased rate. Just let it all settle. If you want to remember, that's grand, and power TO you. But STOP INFLICTING IT ON THE REST OF US. I DID my bit: 3000 new names for Starfleet vessels. That's MY way. I won't even get INTO the whole fucking nationalism aspect except to say that (A) this nation SERIOUSLY needs to reexamine its policies in the world and got off its holier-than-thou fucking horse,; and (B) you can't destroy a small cell-based organization using conventional and standard military maneuvers. We showed that to the British 226 years ago, the Viet Cong reminded us of it 30 years ago, and the Bajorans are gonna make a note of it to the Cardassians in about 350 years.[/i] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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