FYI with Mark's permission. Regards, Peter. "Mark Koskenmaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It was just a year ago that many stood in shock, fear, and anger, as a few >men of varying origins took part in a coordinated attack, one that killed >people, but who's target was the living. > >America is hated by much of the world, partly because we are so prosperous, >partly because we don't conform to thier standards, and partly because we >are free. � All tyrants fear the free. � The free, in a world of absolute >control, �are the "loose cannons" of time. � They fail to conform to the >plans, to obediently follow the strictures laid out for them. � They ruin >the plans of those who seek thier own ends at the expense of others. � They >foil the efforts of those who think they can rule the world. > > �Today, we are still grappling the magnitude and pervasiveness of the >hatred directed our way. �We react with disbelief at the apparent desire to >kill us. � Our minds do not relate to the burning desire to kill that is so >strong that it overcomes our own will to live. > >But in spite of all this, they failed. � They failed to demonstrate thier >way is better. � They failed to convince the world that good was done by >killing us. �But what they REALLY failed to do, was to break us. � �Oh, the >naysayers are out there... The exploiters have attempted to take our >liberty - or at least try to say that liberty must be sacraficed. � �They >try to say our thinking is wrong - that our freedom, our non-conformity, our >refusal to be the rest of the world - is the cause of all the ills that >plague our world. � �But they are wrong. � They are wrong because they are >weak. > >But we are not weak. � We aren't even bothered by it all. � I know we are >strong, because I see we are strong. � In the middle of it all, everyday men >rushed into the buildings to save others. � Ordinary people lined up to give >blood. � Countless anonymous people who gained nothing by it opened thier >hearts and wallets. � �And we are still strong. � In fact, �I think we are >even stronger. � It's no longer out of fashion to fly the flag. � It's no >longer ridiculed to stand and face the flag with hand over heart and tears >in your eyes from the swelling in your heart. > >We may have seemed to forget, but then we remembered anew how each of us >must determine to live as individuals. � �Not just exist, but LIVE. � To >exercise our freedom, our rights, and our obligations to care for each other >on a personal level and reach out our own hand toward our neighbor. > >And on this day of remembering, let us no longer mourn the dead or grieve >for the hurt. � Let us resolve that we never forget what it was that made it >possible for those who attacked us to fail so miserably. � It is a love of >liberty. � It is a unflinching belief in ourselves. � It is our >individualism, our freedom, our ability to face risk and loss and not resort >to collective "safety" that made the attack on our institutions so utterly >ineffective at breaking us. � For so long as we stand as individuals, >staring our fates down one to one, nothing can destroy America, unless they >can destroy every one of us. > >Let us renew our commitment to liberty, �to individuality, to the belief >that we are an entire nation of individuals who are "under God, indivisible, >with liberty and justice for all." � �Because if "liberty, and justice for >all" are not worth living for, then nothing else will ever really matter. > > > >Mark Koskenmaki >webmaster: www.nwbombers.com >contact me normally at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >10 of every 8 people are mathematically challenged >"Beware anyone who can fake sincerity." > > > >___________ The ISP-WIRELESS Discussion List ___________ >To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives: http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/isp-wireless/archives/ > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
