Comments on: Memoralizing an Act of War http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/12/memoralizing-an-act-of-war/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:10:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Earl http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/12/memoralizing-an-act-of-war/#comment-14731 Earl Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:16:09 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1808#comment-14731 I'm with Mike on this....words mean things, and using the wrong words distracts us from the reality of what was done, and from the hard actions that are essential in response, if we are to remain both alive and free. I'd planned to suggest "outrage" as a better word, but maybe even that is too soft.......and I'm not sure that a single word can encompass it. I’m with Mike on this….words mean things, and using the wrong words distracts us from the reality of what was done, and from the hard actions that are essential in response, if we are to remain both alive and free.

I’d planned to suggest “outrage” as a better word, but maybe even that is too soft…….and I’m not sure that a single word can encompass it.

]]> By: Mike Devx http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/12/memoralizing-an-act-of-war/#comment-14730 Mike Devx Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:48 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1808#comment-14730 Having a man walk on the moon was an "event". The Johnstown flood was a "tragedy". I refuse to call what these evil murderers did an event, and I won't call it a tragedy either. They're not appropriate words because they do not attach *responsibility* for the action to its perpetrators . 9-11 was act of evil and infamy. In particular it was both an act of war and a deliberate slaughter of innocents. There must be a single word that describes this; tragedy is not the word. Having a man walk on the moon was an “event”.
The Johnstown flood was a “tragedy”.

I refuse to call what these evil murderers did an event, and I won’t call it a tragedy either. They’re not appropriate words because they do not attach *responsibility* for the action to its perpetrators .

9-11 was act of evil and infamy. In particular it was both an act of war and a deliberate slaughter of innocents. There must be a single word that describes this; tragedy is not the word.

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