IP: This is a good week to hug an Arab, hug a Moslem, AND salute a soldier. We are in this together, or it won't work.

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:48:20 -0700
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> From: Stewart Brand <sb () gbn org>
> Subject: Re: IP: a game
>
> At 8:49 AM -0400 9/20/01, David Farber wrote:
> > > From: "Maney, Kevin" <kmaney () usatoday com>
> > > We met 15 minutes early so we could have a small service for Bill. About 30
> > > people showed up. I am one of the minority "outsiders," and I have to say
> > > that my first thrill was simply the fact that a week after the act, I was
> > > able to drive to the Pentagon, park, and walk up to that field unhindered.
> > > The crash was on the opposite side of the building. I saw it from the
> > > highway. The collapsed part is huge and it is chilling. But it didn't turn
> > > the place into a bunker.
>
> Dave, thanks for posting this.
>
> I've been concerned that all the media coverage has been of the World 
> Trade Center and almost none of the Pentagon attack, particularly not of 
> the human side there.
>
> Imagine how that feels to people in the military---that once again they 
> are marginalized, dehumanized, dismissed.   Just when they are the one 
> about to risk their lives in our behalf seeking justice for the crimes.
>
> This is a good week to hug an Arab, hug a Moslem, AND salute a 
> soldier.  We are in this together, or it won't work.



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