World Support

[Fuzzy317]

It makes you wonder where all of these supposed America(n) haters in the
world are living...

World Support

[thelmalu99]

That's really something, isn't it?

[Dixieland Dancer]

It makes you wonder????? Thanks for sharing the link. It was very moving.

[AdoreMyDogs]

Very, very moving. I cried, espeically seeing those babies...those angels, those little children lighting candles for us.

[aly]

There are no words for how much this has touched me. Thanks Fuzzy.

[Daisy's Mom]

Wow what a great page! It gave me goosebumps. Thank you so much for sharing it. This picture is my favorite; I can't take my eyes off it.

[Logan]

My hope is that if a similar action were taken on one of these countries, that our "people" would react the same way, including myself. It takes a lot of unselfish people to react this way to an attack on the US.

Thank you, Fuzzy, for sharing. It brings so much hope for our world.

[thelmalu99]

Logan, I agree. I think that even if you don't particularly like someone, you still feel for them when they experience a tragedy, especially the loss of loved ones. We all know how that feels and shouldn't wish that feeling upon anyone else.

[nsweezie]

Thank you for the link. As part of the rest of the world I can tell you that the feeling here in Nova Scotia is a mix of grief, shock and wanting to help.
The day after the attack there was a 6 hour wait to give blood, people wanted to do something, anything to help. Our newspapers are unanamous with support, people want to be there to help our US neighbours. One story that made me cry was about some children that had a lemonade stand to raise money.
99.99% of the world is behind you USA! God bless you all.

[4 feline house]

I was extremely moved. And, at the risk of sounding heartless at worst, being misunderstood at best, I have to confess that I disdain what I call empty gestures. Little "feel-good" actions that don't accomplish a thing other than make the "doer" falsely feel they have "done somthing". Such as all the makeshift memorials that spring up at the site of a tragedy - the money spent on that stuff would be better spent helping the victims of whatever tragedy is being memorialized (and yes, I have helped out financially to the terrorist victims - more than I can even afford, in fact).

However, when the entire world is lighting candles, when the soccer teams refuse to play, when the guy with the green mohawk is in tears, when the Japanese business men are signing a condolences book at the American embassy in Tokyo, I have to say I am moved beyond words.

We do have to remember, though, that this was a tragedy that affects the world. It was not called the "American Trade Center", after all. Many countries lost citizens last Tuesday. Further, the world economy is going to be affected. Also, we are not the only country that has been terrorist free. I'm sure many countries now are questioning their own comfort right now.

[Gio]

Angels 3 posted something similar under Dog general. Some of the pictures are the same but there are a number of others. Sorry I don't seem to be able to make the link work, but the address is:
http://home.covad.net/~georgelsjr/Tr...d_mourns_1.htm

[4 feline house]

Gio, it worked for me. Thanks for the link. The pages were loading very slowly, so anyone wanting to look at it might want to be sure you have a lot of time to devote to it.

[Ann]

Originally posted by Fuzzy317:
It makes you wonder where all of these supposed America(n) haters in the
world are living...

World Support

ok i will here say something that alot of ppl might dislike me for very much, so if you know you will be one of those, please dont read it. all i want is to be honest, its the way i have been raised.

i think, no matter how much you might hate the united states, you will still feel sorry when innocent ppl have been brutally slaughtered. to be honest, i am not very fond of the united states myself, and if this had been your president that had been killed i really wouldnt have cared so much. if you hate a political system, kill the system. dont go attacking innocent ppl for no reason other than that they live in america.

if this EXACT same attack had happened in say, Iceland, almost no american would even have KNOWN about it and even less cared.

well, im sorry if i offended someone and i DO feel very extremely sorry for all the poor ppl that died on the 11th and i have myself had my flag at half mast and burned candles for them over here. so dont tell me i dont care cause i do... i just wanted to say my opinion. thats all, so sorry

[Karen]

Originally posted by Ann:


ok i will here say something that alot of ppl might dislike me for very much, so if you know you will be one of those, please dont read it. all i want is to be honest, its the way i have been raised.

i think, no matter how much you might hate the united states, you will still feel sorry when innocent ppl have been brutally slaughtered. to be honest, i am not very fond of the united states myself, and if this had been your president that had been killed i really wouldnt have cared so much. if you hate a political system, kill the system. dont go attacking innocent ppl for no reason other than that they live in america.

if this EXACT same attack had happened in say, Iceland, almost no american would even have KNOWN about it and even less cared.

Ann, I'm sorry you feel that way, and I must disagree with you. We see scenes of global devastation on our TV screens often, especially, somehow, European more than African, for example, and do feel sad when tragedies take place, no matter whether they are on foreign soil or not. I am partially of Swedish ancestry, and am sorry you feel that way about the country in which I was born. I, too, was raised to be honest. Just as not all Swedes are blonde Lutherans, I'm sure most Americans do not fit stereotypes you may have heard about them.

Come visit some time, you may like the place or the people better. (I have never been to Sweden, but have friends who go there often.)

[4 feline house]

Ann, I'm also sorry you feel that way. You need to read the Gordon Sinclair essay, in it you will find that America has ALWAYS been the FIRST on scene to ANY foreign tragedy: http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Our_Culture/americans.htm

This was largely a response to our involvement in Viet Nam. Yes, Hanoi fell, but communism was basically defeated in that the world was aware that any further attempts of takeover by communist countries would not be tolerated by the US and the US would be there to militarily aid any country that was invaded by communist forces. Aren't you glad we did that BEFORE Russia decided to invade Sweden?

This doesn't even include more recent disasters, such as the Mexico City earthquake in 1984, or the Southern Indian earthquake in January of this year, just to name a very, very few.

I have visited your website and found that you indeed visited America for an extended time to visit your boyfriend. You wouldn't have been allowed to do that in most countries.

America is largely responsible for the fact that you do not now speak German, and that you do not now live in a country ruled by communism.

It might do you well to read up on your world history and politics in the 20th century, and see how many times "America" is mentioned, especially in comparison to how many times "Sweden" is mentioned.

Your comment that if it had been our president you wouldn't have cared shows your true colors. I could understand that comment if our president, or any of our presidents, were terrorists or dictators. But since we elect them by a majority vote, then when you pass judgement on our leader, you pass judgement on all of us.

I have no beef with Sweden. I have never been there, but our Great Lakes area is populated by many folks who came from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finnland, and they have historically been fine, hard-working, honest people who make many contributions to our society.

God forbid, should anything horrendous happen in Sweden, you will see what country the first relief planes come from. I pray that will never be realized.

By the way, how are we supposed to know we are not going to like what you read, unless we read it? You kind of lose your credibility before you even get started with that line. Sorry, don't mean to flame.

Thank you for your opinion.

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