hi jim. thanks for trying to explain this to me. i can totally understand cynicism, frustration, confusion and anger about all the security craziness we are now experiencing. and some good parodies/sarcasm probably have their place in expressing that.
yet i continue to be queasy about any kind of parody involving thousands of new yorkers (or anyone, really) killed--by terrorists or others. to me it wasn't really the "overfly" issue that brought distaste--although, as you said, i missed that as a context--but the way (brief, untrue, blunt) it was expressed in the form of a joke. or "hoax." i'm don't think i would feel differently if i had read the original sequence of posts...but, maybe i would. again, i'm sure your intent was NOT to make me feel this way. and i fully acknowledge my extra sensitivity about all matters regarding 9/11, security, terrorism, and the like. thanks for your explanation--and apology--and for reading my thoughts here. thanks too to those who wrote offlist-- your sympathy and support mean a lot. as long as i'm at it--thanks to the WHOLE jmdl for a good, open, forum for discussion. i appreciate the chance to be a part of it. --emily
