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A Kid's Point Of View [message #7836]

Wed, 19 February 2003 04:54

smith

On fire!

Registered: January 1970
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I read Kevvy's thread and I don't want to push my opinions at the grownups. I just have a kinda different thought.

I missed Vietnam by 17 years.
I was 3 when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
I was 5 during Ruby Ridge.
I was 6 when they first bombed the WTC and Waco burned.
I was 7 during Sarajevo.
I was 8 when Timothy McVay decided to kill 168 people in Oklahoma City.
I was 11 when Matthew Shepard died.
And I was 14 on September 11, 2001.

There's always a villian.......always a battle to win, some in our back yard and some far away. I've learned in school about all these terrible acts, done in hatred and intolerence, bigotry and fear. I feel desensitized to them for the most part because they just keep coming. Those of us who are too young to remember a war have all these other atrocities to teach us what evil men can do.

I guess I'll be 15 when we move on Iraq.

Things need to be done, the world keeps turning and I have no control over any of it, so I listen to the grownups and I form my own opinions. Terrorism, whether aimed at an entire country or a school bully taking out his self-loathing on a little kid, is so wrong. Standing up to a bully is tough but it has to be done to make our world a safe place.

My grandpa always said never to argue politics or religion....
everyone is always right and no one ever wins Smile

I think he's right Smile

I just want to feel safe in my world.

smith

		A Kid's Point Of View By: smith on Wed, 19 February 2003 04:54
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: rbryce on Wed, 19 February 2003 05:35
		Huh???... By: ron on Wed, 19 February 2003 05:45
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: smith on Wed, 19 February 2003 11:59
		smith, No! DO NOT ever let yourself be silenced by the likes ... By: warren c. e. austin on Wed, 19 February 2003 14:05
		Back-to-the-top, PLEASE! It's important that "smith" ... By: warren c. e. austin on Wed, 19 February 2003 15:25
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: rbryce on Mon, 24 February 2003 11:40
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: ron on Mon, 24 February 2003 20:51
		Well, that was just special !! By: smith on Mon, 24 February 2003 22:02
		Re: Well, that was just special !! By: tim...of usa on Mon, 24 February 2003 22:37
		smith, you just said that far better than I ever could. By: lenny on Mon, 24 February 2003 22:48
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: Guest on Wed, 19 February 2003 05:43
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View... Hmmmmmm... By: marc on Wed, 19 February 2003 12:45
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View... Hmmmmmm... By: rbryce on Wed, 19 February 2003 14:03
		I began reading this post.. and I was in agreement.... A cease fire... By: marc on Wed, 19 February 2003 14:15
		http://forum.iomfats.org/w-agora/view.php?site=forumiomfatsorg&bn=forumiomfatsorg_placeofsafety&key=1045670257 By: timmy on Wed, 19 February 2003 16:20
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: ron on Wed, 19 February 2003 13:34
		That is spelled... Qurain .....Sorry..... By: marc on Wed, 19 February 2003 14:09
		Should I go or should I stay..... By: Darren on Wed, 19 February 2003 15:59
		Re: Should I go or should I stay..... By: rbryce on Wed, 19 February 2003 22:32
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: charlie on Thu, 20 February 2003 01:32
		BIG BIG BIG HUG By: ien on Thu, 20 February 2003 08:52
		Re: A Kid's Point Of View By: mike on Fri, 21 February 2003 21:30

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