The thing about anger is it is ALWAYS righteous. Get yourself really worked up, I mean literally seeing red, throbbing liver angry.
Then just stop and see how you feel
physically.
I bet you feel fucking ALIVE! All systems GO! BOO YAH! That anger is a self stimulated drug, it feeds your ego and lets you know that you are a real live force to be reckoned with, (motherfucker optional).
I know when I heard about the London bombing I was so angry I wanted to deport every one even remotely towel head looking to some desert where we'd turn the sand to glass. Make Dresden seem like a cool breeze.
What would that do? Anger, hatred et al would still be right where it has always resided. It is a seed that grows in our hearts.
Can I love the terrorists? Not hardly, especially when I feel like chopping my neighbor's dog to pieces and beating her to death with one of its legs when she lets it shit on my lawn and tries to walk away nonchalantly.
But what frosts me more than anything is how our various governments and media use these events as get rich quick schemes. Pearl Harbor wasn't the first time a government has used it citizens as pawns, it won't be the last. What made 9/11 so disturbing was that the pawns were civilians.
It might be informative to anyone who cares about 9/11 to read Michael Ruppert's work on the subject. Two websites:
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/
http://www.copvcia.com/
He has a book called "Crossing the Rubicon"
None of what he has to say is for the faint of heart or those who really just want to feel righteous and point the finger at towel heads.
Despite all the extremely well thought out and heartfelt responses to this thread I don't feel any closer to a solution to the problem. I sure haven't added anything. I just feel that it is important to own our responsibility for the anger we create and keep alive.
In an odd way this thread is realted to the belly flop IotD. The anger is like the belly flop, we're all gettin wet, we think it may be fun to jump in and try out our splash, and we all keep gettin wet.