HieroniMusing originally posted October 10, 2001

Which of us today is not more aware of the frailty of our lives? Who among us is not in some way grieving for the security of what we had in sensibility alone, but which no longer exists? Who asks of themselves each day, in what ways did I contribute to a better world today? Sept. 11,2001 did change us all, together. For those who have fought geopolitical interventionism worldwide, struggled for right human relations, terrorists are the likely fruit of war rackateering. When nation’s drop bombs, they can be called humanitarian aid. When terrorists bomb buildings, it is called an act of evil. The issue is not the fact that both are violent ways of being in the world and using technology, the issue is how do we go about defining the rules and laws pertaining to violent aggression by anyone?

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