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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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I notice we have, so far, refrained from comment. I'm hoping that is because we're looking at the media circus and the street scenes in the USA with some serious concern. Our own corespondent has some thoughts, too: http://tinyurl.com/6b79v2o so one can accuse, him, too, of being a part of the feeding frenzy.
There are some major concerns. One of these is the intense wave of "It makes me PROUD to be AMERICAN" sentiment. There are certainly things to be proud of as a US citizen. I'm simply not sure that celebrating in the streets as if one's team has won the Superbowl is an appropriate behaviour. Megaman and I spoke of this earlier in comparison to the last world war and the death of Hitler. We knew there was a difference, but it took a while to find it.
He summarised it that we, certainly, and the USA to an extent, suffered continuously under Hitler in no holds barred all out bloody war that involved civilians and military alike. When the war in Europe was over we cheered. And so did much of Germany. The current terror issues differ markedly from that scenario.
We need to restore sanity. Revenge is a deeply unpleasant thing and pride in revenge is an unpleasant thing indeed. The cowboy in the black hat is dead. That makes very little difference to the world except to make it more dangerous for a while.
Please can we get on with bringing the world into the Human Rights fold and set this sorry and successful incident on the shelf of history, now?
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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