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Why We Hurt version 1 Oct. 15, 2002 This is a document that will try to explain the possibilities answering the question "why", in relation to several terrorist actions of late, and poor relations with foreign countries. Namely, we are hurting because we as a nation suck, and we are too blind to see it. "Suck" is such a general word. The possible reasons that we are experiencing such outrageous acts of violence are as follows: Terrorists want to send a message that we are vulnerable to such attacks. Before recently, the average person in America had a feeling like nothing bad could happen to them. Walking in the open, leaving doors unlocked, and taking many risks were common. How weak we were in the mind, thinking that the police were some omnipotent force that would prevent anything happening to them. When Americans see the Third World horrors on TV, they say "That could never happen to me". Fools! It makes even me uneasy when I see how careless we are. And what were the consequences of this overkill carefree attitude? 9-11 attacks. Sniper shootings. Anthrax epidemic. Is it still worth it to ignore reality? What I'm talking about is the general feeling, the opinions of the average American, or at least the description of the American stereotype. If an Islamic terrorist over in Islam were to take our TV commercials as a sample of who we are as a nation (which isn't that far off), they would be disgusted. Nothing but sex, violence, and general sinning. Could a person of different culture and upbringing be disgusted enough to hijack a plane and crash it into the World Trade Center? Why not? The other possibility is that "they", as we love to call an unmasked terror, are jealous. Other hostile countries are just jealous of what we have, when they have nothing, or very little. And these opinions I'm talking about are those of the extremely wealthy in other countries. It really doesn't matter what the opinion of the general oppressed public is, because no terrorist attack was ever executed without the help of a financial backer. We have a problem. Are we to convince the entire public to change their whole way of life? Of course not. My father could barely get me to eat correctly at the table. But if our way of living went in harmany with "theirs", maybe we would have harmony. But we don't, because we are different. How are we different? We are superrich, they are very poor. We waste tons of food daily. They are starving. We barely vote anymore. They gladly die to make a small difference to change their country from what it is. We are totally dependent on "their" oil in order to carry out our beautiful ignorant and uneconomical way of life. They sell it because it is all they have to sell to survive. However, we do share some things in common. For one, both sides dislike their government. Well, they HATE their government, and with just cause. And if we knew about half the things our government had done over the years, we would be in outrage too. Also, the general public of both sides don't feel like they can control the government, that they are controlling us. When our Constitution was first made, it was supposed to serve the wants and needs of the people, not control and regulate against us. Hey, America is great. Personally, I'm having a blast ordering food I know I'm not going to finish, having sex with women left and right, and the high crime rate gives a great sense of danger in the air. But hey, we must be doing something wrong when we are getting bombed, poisoned, and sniped all over the place. Wake up people, there must be something wrong with us. And the reason that thing is not crystal clear to us is because we are ignorant. Our ignorance is finally making us pay. And when I see another terrorist incident on the news, always always always there are interviews of the general public who say this: "I'm going to look out for that now. I'm going to be less ignorrant". Yes, that is exactly what "the terrorists" want the outcome to be, and although the ends do not justify the means, the means were needed here. ENDER _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!? Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp