I'm not sure that I understand what you mean about the Russians and Americans. Are you saying that the Russians helped defeat Germany more than the Americans? How do you feel about the fact that the Russians are involved in the fight against terrorism? Do you think that Americans dislike Russians? Do you really think that most Americans are ignorant? This is a huge country, there are a lot of different kinds of people here. I don't think that anyone can broadly generalize or stereotype Americans...that seems ignorant to me. As far as losing a sense of reality, well, I think all Americans did for a while there. Now, we are getting a different reality all together. I think we are becoming a much stronger country all together. Things that my generation and even my parent's generation hardly thought about have become so important. Patriotism, our love of freedom and a respect for our country and the way it works. I am really interested in knowing where your opinions of Americans come from. I know that we don't have the best reputation in some countries but I would really like to know why. I don't have any generalizations about you. As far as the last comment, what did the people killed on the 11th do to warrant the death penalty? I read that Iraq said the attacks resulted from US policies. So those people deserved the death penalty? Our death penalty doesn't have anything to do with the mass murder of innocent people. I have some reservations about the death penalty. It scares me that an innocent person might be put to death. However, I believe that if someone is responsible (without a doubt) for some particularily heinous crime(s) then they don't deserve to be kept alive by my tax dollars. I think Texas over used the death penalty. Not every state has a death penalty. I think that shows that there are conflicting opinions nationwide about it. As far as extraditing and (after trial) putting to death someone like bin Ladin. Hmm, I don't know. I would love for him to suffer a horrible and painful death for what he (if proven) did. (The death penalty isn't painful though, unfortunately for some.) More than death for him, though, I would love to watch him live a long life... I want to see him suffer as he realizes everything he has attempted to do has failed. I want him to watch as peaceful Islam followers grow and prosper hand in hand with all other religions and nations. I want him to see what is accomplished when religious freedom is respected. I want to see Isreal and Muslim nations in peace, and watch him discover that terrorism will not work. It has no place in this world. I want him to see all of his followers hunted down. Most of all, I want him to realize that he is the cause of the fall of his warped brand of Islam. If he hadn't pushed and forced the world into action...who knows what would've happened. (Which is back to why you are involved in the fight against terrorism, the world needs you too.)
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Re: Thank you
Date: 2001-09-26 08:21 am (UTC)Do you really think that most Americans are ignorant? This is a huge country, there are a lot of different kinds of people here. I don't think that anyone can broadly generalize or stereotype Americans...that seems ignorant to me. As far as losing a sense of reality, well, I think all Americans did for a while there. Now, we are getting a different reality all together. I think we are becoming a much stronger country all together. Things that my generation and even my parent's generation hardly thought about have become so important. Patriotism, our love of freedom and a respect for our country and the way it works.
I am really interested in knowing where your opinions of Americans come from. I know that we don't have the best reputation in some countries but I would really like to know why. I don't have any generalizations about you.
As far as the last comment, what did the people killed on the 11th do to warrant the death penalty? I read that Iraq said the attacks resulted from US policies. So those people deserved the death penalty? Our death penalty doesn't have anything to do with the mass murder of innocent people. I have some reservations about the death penalty. It scares me that an innocent person might be put to death. However, I believe that if someone is responsible (without a doubt) for some particularily heinous crime(s) then they don't deserve to be kept alive by my tax dollars. I think Texas over used the death penalty. Not every state has a death penalty. I think that shows that there are conflicting opinions nationwide about it. As far as extraditing and (after trial) putting to death someone like bin Ladin. Hmm, I don't know. I would love for him to suffer a horrible and painful death for what he (if proven) did. (The death penalty isn't painful though, unfortunately for some.) More than death for him, though, I would love to watch him live a long life...
I want to see him suffer as he realizes everything he has attempted to do has failed. I want him to watch as peaceful Islam followers grow and prosper hand in hand with all other religions and nations. I want him to see what is accomplished when religious freedom is respected. I want to see Isreal and Muslim nations in peace, and watch him discover that terrorism will not work. It has no place in this world. I want him to see all of his followers hunted down. Most of all, I want him to realize that he is the cause of the fall of his warped brand of Islam. If he hadn't pushed and forced the world into action...who knows what would've happened. (Which is back to why you are involved in the fight against terrorism, the world needs you too.)