tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post109040524523741704..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: It Has Changed Me, For Better Or WorseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1097465291619534362004-10-10T22:28:00.000-05:002004-10-10T22:28:00.000-05:00Kat, thanks for reposting all these in chronologic...Kat, thanks for reposting all these in chronological order. I am carefully reading through them. You write will and with passion.<br /><br />I'd also like to thank you for how your blog is laid out. I have reviewed the source code for your pages, and figured out how to do things like post a teaser post, and have a link to the full article, etc., and it keeps things tidy.<br /><br />I'm really appreciating what you are writing here. Thanks again. fbFrater Bovioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746501306755535502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1090705274945321092004-07-24T16:41:00.000-05:002004-07-24T16:41:00.000-05:00Robert you just gave me an idea for my next postin...Robert you just gave me an idea for my next posting. Thanks!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208095650375780838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1090561306881680542004-07-23T00:41:00.000-05:002004-07-23T00:41:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed reading this post--I think you ha...I really enjoyed reading this post--I think you have acurately transcribed what many of us feel. You are further along than me as I have yet to step foot back on a plane (pre-9/11 taking many flights overseas) and can't see myself doing so any time soon. My husband and I were in Ocean City, NJ that day (we live in Philly) and stood motionless on the beach for what seemed like forever...watching the thick black smoke overtake the horizon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1090556463316505602004-07-22T23:21:00.000-05:002004-07-22T23:21:00.000-05:00As for the traveling thing and the muslim guy, I r...As for the traveling thing and the muslim guy, I realized while I was writing the entry that it was unlikely that these guys would be so obvious in the selection of headgear if they were staking out the place. That's what made me kind of angry that I even had to consider it for a second while I was trying to go about my life, traveling.<br /><br />Honestly, I don't feel anymore or less safe than before. I am just more vigilant. I further don't think that they would be able to get away with the similar 9/11 episode as the passengers are less likely to "sit quietly" and go along with the plan. Bombs on planes are more likely and even more likely will be low tech car bombing kinds of things because cars are just so common, who notices one that is sitting someplace for a couple of hours?Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208095650375780838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1090517393690824292004-07-22T12:29:00.000-05:002004-07-22T12:29:00.000-05:00Thanks guys for readiing this. I know that was a ...Thanks guys for readiing this. I know that was a little emotional. <br /><br />I realized that you all might have thought the "bastard" I wanted to have get a MOAB in his snout was Saddam, but I was atually talking about Osama.<br />He's the one I want to be able to run around for awhile and watch as his plan for the nation of Islam under the Islamofascists goes down the drain. then, we moab him.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208095650375780838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1090507696530866332004-07-22T09:48:00.000-05:002004-07-22T09:48:00.000-05:00Kat, I empathize with you. Since I am retired and ...Kat, I empathize with you. Since I am retired and never have to fly I still worry that the islamofacists will again try to use a plane as a weapon. I really do not think you a racist since your fears are based on the facts of 9/11. The fact that you care about the Iraqis and other oppressed people in this world no matter what ethnic or religion they belong to shows you are not racist. I guess it is a human flaw, shared by all of us,to fear what is documented regarding people who wish to kill us. Saddam never did a thing to me, but I have imagined just punishment for him--tatoo his forehead, cut off his ears, hands, tongue and beating him rather than one relatively painless bullet to head or heart. This does not make me a racist. It merely means I am fallible and do not have a pure spirit. Thankfully, my faith makes me realize that "vengence is mine, saith the Lord" and I try to clear my mind. I wish you many relaxed flights and that in our lifetime this terrorist madness will be overcome so that none of us need to harbor paranoid or violent thoughts. Peace!Pat in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212616456834039185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1090412314527172102004-07-21T07:18:00.000-05:002004-07-21T07:18:00.000-05:00Wow. I found you via comments at Questing Cat and ...Wow. I found you via comments at Questing Cat and so very glad I did.<br /><br />I also travel a lot with my job, and recognize much of what you have written here. I too, hate the changes I see in myself in the past few years. Before 9/11/01 I would have never dreamed I'd be so cynical, so questioning, so biased. I hate the changes, but even more I hate those that changed me.<br /><br />What a great site! I'll be back.Tammihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985883231772506578noreply@blogger.com