LAST EDITED ON 09-12-01 AT 10:55 PM (EST)

The thing is, right now, I have so many conflicting feelings, I don't know how to feel or what to think - which is partly why I edited my first post.

Shakes, I'm glad you're back - you're just about the only one on here I was waiting to hear from. (((Hug!)))

To me, Trish is right, Shakes is right, Dave is right, JV is right, and my thoughts on those change like the on and off of a light switch. It's not cut and dried, guys - these maniacs need to be dealt with fast, but also very carefully. This guy is a madman. But as Shakes pointed out, do we deal just with him? With his followers? How far does that branch out? Or does all of that make us no better than he is, just as guilty of being murderers? I truly don't know - how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? I'm not a vengeful person, not a violent person, but after what I saw yesterday firsthand, the first thing running through my mind was "Time to wipe out this guy and his followers TOTALLY" - I'd never thought anything like that before in my life! Or, as some on here have said, find them, bring them to justice and send them to jail for life. But I just got off the phone with my friend Kirsten. She said a friend of hers worked at the WTC, but had a dentist appointment yesterday morning. When he got home, he called in to work just when the second tower had been hit. His co-workers were gathered together in a conference room and he spoke to them for the last time before the tower collapsed. They all said goodbye to him, told him they loved him, and then lost the phone connection. Five minutes later, they were all dead - how do you process that and then try to make the right decision to NOT be just as barbaric or brutal, but show them that we mean business through legal or non-violent channels? You can't have it both ways - so which gets the job done but allows us to sleep at night? I wish I knew - after yesterday, I think I'm even more confused.

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