America bleeds

The donation centers sent out the word for people to stay away, because they have more donors than they can handle. I'm sitting the day out. I decided that there was no way I could go on with business as usual. There is no point in getting out and soaking in the hate. The TV has been on constantly. I'm afraid of what will happen next.

Noah Grey posted a photograph, and a quote from Ghandi (paraphrased) "If we seek an eye for an eye the world will soon be blind." I read an article in the Jerusalem Post which is already crying for war. I keep reading other articles that insist that we should be prepared to see our freedoms dissapear.

The action that matters most is local action. I had my suspicions about the plane that crashed near Pittsburg, before the facts were announced. People heroically rose up to stop the terrorists from reaching their target. They died, to save other people. I can only hope that there are other people out there who will just say no to indiscriminate death and violence. Another pushbutton war won't solve this. We need to develop an intolerence toward the rhetoric of vengeance. Terrorism must be stopped; intolerance for those who preach violence is not generated by preaching more violence. It's hard to find the faith in the people in charge that these groups will be isolated and removed from the positions from where they strike.

Collateral damage is the scariest thing. How much of the world will be ripped apart by hate that wishes to destroy hate?