----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:52 AM Subject: Re: Hmmmmm........ > > Strange personal note: > > After the bombing of the federal building on Oklahoma City, I went around > feeling numb for a while, and then when I saw the now-famous photograph of > a fireman carrying a dead child out of the rubble, I broke down in tears. > > Since 9/11 I've felt like I have an iron ball of grief and anger in my > chest, aching to escape in the form of tears or screams or something > recognizably human, but it hasn't happened yet. I keep waiting for > something to trigger it, so I can get it over with, but it doesn't > happen. I have moments in which I want to cry, but it doesn't happen. > When I heard the US was finally bombing, I nearly broke down...but I was > in the middle of driving, so I couldn't afford to start bawling then and > there, so I choked it down and the moment passed, and so it still hasn't > happened. > I dont think a day has gone by since september 11 that I have not shed tears. Sometimes I just get misty eyed, but oftimes during the news I will cry pretty hard. Sometimes its sadness at what has been done to us. Sometimes its pride, because I can see our potential for greatness. Other times it is frustration that we have been brought down to the level where violence is the appropriate response. Yes, "Violence" is now appropriate. These are times where we have to go down among animals and contest with them. They are human animals, but not very human.
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