September 11th was probably the worst day of my life. As I watched the events unfold I remembered some of the same feelings I felt when the Space Shuttle exploded, disbelief and sadness. Then as the day went on a burning rage against those person(s)behind this. Death would be too quick and easy for those who have no regard for any human life and unfortunately the U.S. is too squemish to follow through with the continual torture that my imagination could conjure up. Today, the rage still burns but it has been tempered with resolve and commitment.
Everyone has been comparing this to Pearl Harbor but this is nothing like Pearl Harbor other than it was an unprovoked and unexpected attack. Yes, we used nuclear weapons to end our war with Japan. We didn't use those weapons to get revenge for Pearl Harbor but to eliminate Japan's ability to continue fighting and force them to surrender unconditionally. After the war ended the U.S. was one of the first countries to help rebuild Japan.
I hear a lot of people saying "turn the middle east into a glass lake" or "nuke them back to the stone age" but how can we (U.S.), the symbol of freedom and democracy, justify genocide against an entire people because of zelots and fanatics who can only spew hatred and terror. I believe JUSTICE must be served but revenge only reduces us to the same level as those who perpetrated this evil. The best revenge would be to become more of a light for freedom, humanity, democracy in this world and to never let the actions of terrorist deter us from our beliefs.
The terrorist that did this believed they would be a Martyr to the cause and go directly to heaven. To me the only Martyr's were the people on the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania and the firefighters & Policemen that were lost in NYC. They died fighting for humanity and should never be forgotten.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the victims.
To my family and friends I want to let you know how important you are to me and thank you.
Kadlac Dawhammyshammy
Mob Shaman / Saryn Server
Horrifying Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.
This is not game news, but is more important. I am putting this up here because many people are trying to figure out what is going on and this way we can share what we know. Here's what I know so far:
- At about 8:45 a plane crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers. 14 minutes later, andther plane crashed into the second tower.
- Another plane crashed into the Pentagon soon after that.
- A bomb went off at the State Department.
- Both World Trade Center Towers have now completely collapsed, presumably killing everyone who was unable to evacuate in time, and also the firemen and police who were at the towers trying to help people evacuate.
- Another plane has gone down somewhere in Western Pennsylvania. Possibly just a coincidence or possibly an attempt to hyjack it to another target.
Words cannot express the horror.