Comments on: Year Three http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/523 See what large letters I use as I write to you in my own hand. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:41:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Pieter Friedrich http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/523#comment-401 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/523#comment-401 A "Never Again!" isn't a completely unrealistic promise, though. After all, though what happened Madrid, Jakarta, and Beslan was horrible, one has to keep in mind that those events didn't happen to *Americans*. It's been three years, and "Never Again!" has so far remained true...for Americans. Tragic though these various international incidents are, they're not only far inferior in scale to 9/11 but also much less emotionally horrific to us as non-citizens of the countries in which they occurred. A “Never Again!” isn’t a completely unrealistic promise, though. After all, though what happened Madrid, Jakarta, and Beslan was horrible, one has to keep in mind that those events didn’t happen to *Americans*. It’s been three years, and “Never Again!” has so far remained true…for Americans. Tragic though these various international incidents are, they’re not only far inferior in scale to 9/11 but also much less emotionally horrific to us as non-citizens of the countries in which they occurred.

]]> by: Tim Berglund http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/523#comment-402 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/523#comment-402 Pieter: Granted, although I'm not sure about the emotional impact Beslan has had on Russians compared to what September 11 did to us. It's hard to say. You are very right to point out that we as Americans have not been hit since, but I still can't say "never again" in any mood but the subjunctive. Not yet, anyway. May we get there soon... Pieter:

Granted, although I’m not sure about the emotional impact Beslan has had on Russians compared to what September 11 did to us. It’s hard to say.

You are very right to point out that we as Americans have not been hit since, but I still can’t say “never again” in any mood but the subjunctive. Not yet, anyway. May we get there soon…

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