[Lawrence]

From: "Stephen E Philion" <philion at hawaii.edu>
> This is too much, but for a suggestion from a reader in Honolulu's
> Honolulu Advertiser: Then again, it beats 'retaliate with the  military'
> ideas that have been floated thus far...
>
> I say, go shopping. It's obvious that the terrorists were intent on
> disrupting the biggest, most powerful economy on Earth.
> Fatalistic economists say the attacks could push the United States into an
> official recession. The only thing that had been
> keeping us in the black, they tell us, was consumer confidence.
> We can't afford to have our confidence shaken. The world can't afford it.
> Citizens were the victims in this act of war, and citizens must be the
> soldiers fighting back ... with our credit cards and checkbooks.
> Keep the economy alive. It's the patriotic thing to do.
> Monique Cole

I assume this is some kind of parody. I find it in very bad taste. The WTC
bombing is a horrible subject for this kind of campy humor.