After they win...

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Peter K." <peterk at enteract.com>
>
> > It is of course easy to scoff at the
> >articles that have appeared in the press profiling WTC victims; every
>single
> >profile depicts an individual who lived an almost saintly life.  But
> >journalistic accuracy isn't the point of those profiles; they're intended
>to
> >honor individuals (flawed, certainly, as everyone is) who suffered brutal
> >deaths and left many bereaved survivors behind.  I think we too should 
>make
> >an effort to pay those victims respect.
> >
> >Carl
>
>Indeed, maybe one of the survivors is an activist for global economic
>justice.
>But Carl, what about all the victims all over the world who deserve 
>respect?
>What about the Nigerians who died in recent protests? What about the
>Palestinians who were shot by Arafat's police?
>You don't want to be accused of having double standards, do you?
>
>Peter

Hardly.  However, I think the views expressed on the LBO list are read 
mainly by Americans and no doubt include those who skim leftist lists to 
find "proof" that leftists are callous about the legitimate interests and 
feelings of the public in general.  I have consistently been of the opinion 
that the US set itself up for the 9/12 attack through the reckless, 
imperialistic foreign policies we have pursued for so long.  Still, I 
recognize that it is both crass and pure folly to stand around braying the 
Chickens Have Come Home to Roost -- a message that, in blunt form anyway, 
will just disgust the American public and further marginalize the left.

For that practical reason as well as simply decency, it is critical to 
acknowledge the WTC attack as a complete horror and state unequivocally that 
none of the thousands who died in that attack deserved such a terrible fate.

Carl

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