Gents, a message to the listers in the USA.
I listened and watched with horror as the dreadful events unfolded this
afternoon (UK time). What happened was an assault on thinking, caring people
everywhere on this tiny planet. The targets were soft, undefended, wide
open. The weapons were aircraft full of totally innocent people going about
their everyday business.
The perpetrators of these unspeakably vile incidents are not acting on
reasons based on religion, not based on nationality, they are born of a
group
of people with nothing but destructive hatred in their hearts, hatred of
what? They have destroyed one of the greatest symbols of peace on this
Earth, the World Trade Centre where all nations traded, all nationalities of
people worked, people of all religions came together in peaceful trade.
They
have caused the death of countless hundreds, thousands maybe, of Fathers,
Brothers, Mothers, Sisters who were living and working in a complete and
stable harmony.
Now is a time for the World to bring forward great Statesmen, not to speak
of
revenge or retribution, but to come together in a common approach against
the
sources of all such evil, and work together to ensure that the 10th
September
2001 is the day that the world actually united against the terrible evils
that grow from within.
My heart is torn apart in grief for those people and families who will be
affected by these events, they had no defence, no warning, no chance. These
targets weren’t bravely fought over, the attacks weren’t warriors fighting
an
oppressor for their lives, the targets were easy, open, innocent and
belonged
to everyone. There is no reason, no justification, no-one has gained from
this, just the gratification of the hatred in someones heart somewhere on
this planet. Hatred for peace? Hatred for Trade? Hatred for Civilsation
perhaps. We can only hope that they will be found and the reasons for all
this exposed and understood so that future generations may grow up in
security, freedom and peace.
These events, though on another continent, were attacks on all of us.
Sorry for the off topic stuff.
Chris Dupres
'74 Jensen Healey
'88 Jaguar Sovereign
Surrey,
UK.