I remember 9/11 only too well... I was in my assistantship to earn my professional qualification then and should have been workind and studying that day... instead I spent the day glued to the TV, crying my eyes out.
I had such a horrible moment today when I went through my flist in my mind, just to reassure me that none of them had any reason to be anywhere near London, and then an awful moment of uncertainty about a special friend who returned from Paris last night: I could not remember if they had gone by train or plane or bus and when they were due to return... But she's fine, everyone of my flist is ok, and their friends and loved ones, too.
But this is such a horrible reminder that terrorism is everywhere, all the time. It is only a matter of time until all the other Western countries are struck.
Those bastards use the free and open society they despise so much to randomly kill innocent civilians. It's so ironic!
I can't shrug that off. I just can't.
And the thought "where will it be next time" - and knowing that there will be a next time, that really makes me sick.
For a short, precious year after the German reunification and the collapse of the Soviet Union, I felt that we really had a chance... for a better future, in a freer world.
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rosecarmine
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Date: 2005-07-07 08:32 pm (UTC)I remember 9/11 only too well... I was in my assistantship to earn my professional qualification then and should have been workind and studying that day... instead I spent the day glued to the TV, crying my eyes out.
I had such a horrible moment today when I went through my flist in my mind, just to reassure me that none of them had any reason to be anywhere near London, and then an awful moment of uncertainty about a special friend who returned from Paris last night: I could not remember if they had gone by train or plane or bus and when they were due to return... But she's fine, everyone of my flist is ok, and their friends and loved ones, too.
But this is such a horrible reminder that terrorism is everywhere, all the time. It is only a matter of time until all the other Western countries are struck.
Those bastards use the free and open society they despise so much to randomly kill innocent civilians. It's so ironic!
I can't shrug that off. I just can't.
And the thought "where will it be next time" - and knowing that there will be a next time, that really makes me sick.
For a short, precious year after the German reunification and the collapse of the Soviet Union, I felt that we really had a chance... for a better future, in a freer world.
Now... that feeling is long past.