Comments on: On The Eve of 9/11 http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/ This is the home of my random thoughts and life happenings. Nothing too serious, a few overshares, and my place to put pen to paper. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Carlos http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Carlos Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:28:57 +0000 http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/#comment-56 We will get hit We will get hit

]]> By: seth http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/comment-page-1/#comment-55 seth Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:07:07 +0000 http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/#comment-55 Why the coming year as opposed to any other year already passed or beyond? And by hit do you mean at a level akin to 9/11 in terms of scope and tragedy and response? What about terrorist attacks in other countries?<br/><br/>I gave the chapel talk at Trinity U. in San Antonio on 9/10 and opened up mentioning that on the 5th anniversary of 9/11, 8,500 people around the world were going to die of AIDS, 30,000 kids were going to die because they had no ability to go on living, and so on. Almost 3000 people lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. Not to denigrate 9/11 in any way but to challenge how we think about what human lives mean, the essence of fear/hope, and above all the nature of what constitutes an urgent "tragedy" in our minds. Why the coming year as opposed to any other year already passed or beyond? And by hit do you mean at a level akin to 9/11 in terms of scope and tragedy and response? What about terrorist attacks in other countries?

I gave the chapel talk at Trinity U. in San Antonio on 9/10 and opened up mentioning that on the 5th anniversary of 9/11, 8,500 people around the world were going to die of AIDS, 30,000 kids were going to die because they had no ability to go on living, and so on. Almost 3000 people lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. Not to denigrate 9/11 in any way but to challenge how we think about what human lives mean, the essence of fear/hope, and above all the nature of what constitutes an urgent “tragedy” in our minds.

]]> By: Kristiapplesauce http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Kristiapplesauce Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:51:04 +0000 http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/#comment-52 What is your my space thingy? Mine of course is Kristiapplesauce...lets be friends. What is your my space thingy? Mine of course is Kristiapplesauce…lets be friends.

]]> By: alison http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/comment-page-1/#comment-51 alison Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:34:00 +0000 http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/#comment-51 Hey Rusty! It's Alison, Carly and Cory's friend, but mostly importantly, yours as well.:) I discovered your blog on myspace! I have my own blog, too--please feel free to peruse! www.alisonfrenzel.blogspot.com Hey Rusty! It’s Alison, Carly and Cory’s friend, but mostly importantly, yours as well.:) I discovered your blog on myspace! I have my own blog, too–please feel free to peruse! http://www.alisonfrenzel.blogspot.com

]]> By: Kristiapplesauce http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Kristiapplesauce Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:23:48 +0000 http://twistedsideways.net/2006/09/10/on-the-eve-of-911/#comment-50 I don't know. I tend to drive myself crazy when I let my mind wonder like that. I do know that I pray about all this stuff and that I am so thankful that I am not God, and that He is. Sorry for the blanket answer, it just goes in circles in my brain. I think about the scripture about it being bad for nursing mothers in "those days" and then I think about people making it into what it isn't. So I just pray and wonder what will happen next. I was a product of Columbine. That was a big deal to me, and so when this happend, it just sealed it, that our country wasn't safe. I think I was in a bubble until then. I don’t know. I tend to drive myself crazy when I let my mind wonder like that. I do know that I pray about all this stuff and that I am so thankful that I am not God, and that He is. Sorry for the blanket answer, it just goes in circles in my brain. I think about the scripture about it being bad for nursing mothers in “those days” and then I think about people making it into what it isn’t. So I just pray and wonder what will happen next. I was a product of Columbine. That was a big deal to me, and so when this happend, it just sealed it, that our country wasn’t safe. I think I was in a bubble until then.

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