okay, i am trying not to blog about the tuesday attacks because i'm trying not to think about them too much, but i can't help it. i'm sick and tired of reading things like "America got what it deserves!" especially in inappropriate forums such as the "I'm Okay" Message Center (http://okay.prodigy.net). some sick bastard decided to leave his name (Aaamerika got what it deserves!) in the survivor lists for New York and Washington, D.C. he/she's not the only one who has voiced this same sentiment. everyone's seen the celebrating palestinians. it just makes me sick to my stomach to know that there are people out there like this. how can they look at images of crying friends and family members holding up pictures of their missing loved ones and say that we deserved this? to anyone who thinks that america got what it deserved tuesday morning: a big FUCK YOU.

fortunately, for every person in this world who thinks america got what it deserves, there are at least fifty people in this world who have kind hearts and have offered a helping hand. it's corny and cliche-y and it's been repeated like a bazillion times already, but it's true: love and kindness far outweigh evil and hatred. the stories in this article prove it - kindness, bravery amid the horror. reading this calmed me down and reminded me that good people DO exist in this world. and there are more good people than bad. read it. it's good.


"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve."
- Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku (1941), commenting on the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor the sneak attack which decimated the US Pacific Fleet (and unified the American people)