Ok, what I think: 1. Osama bin Laden and his followers have declared jihad -- holy war -- against us. They officially did so a long time ago. We ignored it, and his attacks on us have gotten progressively worse. Don't y'all remember Somalia, the US barracks in Saudi Arabia, the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the USS Cole? Now bin Laden is hitting us on our home turf -- do y'all really want to let this one go too? Don't you realize that it's just going to get worse and worse? 2. Again, it's a shame -- to put it mildly -- that this is resulting in attacks on Muslims and Arab-Americans, especially when one considers that bin Laden hates them for being mainstream just as much as he hates us. 3. I'm normally as left-wing as they come, but the sad fact is that bin Laden has declared war against us, and we must therefore fight back to defend ourselves. And yes, innocents die in war. I hate that just as much as anyone. But when you have a cavity and go to the dentist, the dentist has to drill out perfectly good parts of the tooth in order to make sure the filling fits perfectly. That's just the way it is. 4. Yes, Falwell and Robertson are disgusting idiots. I agree with what someone I know said: Namely, if God really had it in for America's gays, He would've had the planes crash into Greenwich Village, as opposed to the WTC. :-) (Terribly un-PC, but funny nonetheless, IMHO.) Kristin Hamlin
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