What I don’t understand is, why am I supposed to feel sorry for the people who worked in the World Trade Center? They knew it was a target for terrorism. Not potentially or theoretically. A real live honest to God terrorism target. I’m supposed to be all sad because New Yorkers slept through 1993?
But we gave all this money and all this sympathy to those people, and sure enough, they’re still back in the skyscrapers, crowding the subways (hello! London? Madrid?), and basically putting the Kick Me sign along with their Yankees hats. When will they learn? When the Empire State Building is hit next time, am I supposed to just reflexively cry my little heart out?
And don’t get me started on the Pentagon. Um, presumably a military installation should have, you know, some means of defending itself. It’s bad enough people still work in tall buildings – like, there aren’t deserts and swamps? The Forest Service is ready when you are – the people in Washington are working in the same damn building! What the hell is their problem? Do they have a death wish?
I’m not saying next time we should just let people die. I’m saying we should think about the consequences next time people CHOOSE to live in dangerous areas, then come crying to us when something bad happens.
Fifteen minutes ago I had never heard of Paul Shirley, now all I can do is weep that I come from the same species. Thanks, Internet.
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I had heard of Paul Shirley, unfortunately–I’d actually enjoyed his ESPN columns, the ones on trying to make it as a minor-league hoops guy. Came thisclose to buying his book. Thank heavens I didn’t–I’d have had to spend this entire weekend in the shower trying to wash the stink off.
Yes, I totally agree, all victims of crime, rape, abuse, acts of violence, natural disasters, it’s their own fault as they should think carefully about where they live, where they go and who they associate with, they put themselves in these situations, it all their own fault ……. be real and grow up!
Dan – Hey, Cesar should have sent you my e-mail address via Facebook (I’m not a member). Send me a note sometime. Would love to catch up since it’s probably been 13-15 years since I heard from you. Thanks, Chris
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