Live! From New York, it's . . .
Safe and alive - and as freaked as Jay.
My son saw the 2nd tower collapse "live" too. I saw it on TV. I've seen 1, 2
and 7 (now) fall too . I can't let go of the obsessive following of this.
Tragedy turned into spectacle/news - that still remains tragedy and
dangerous tragedy/spectacle/news at that.
My dentist is in the Empire State Building and that has been closed
since 9AM today and remains indefinitely closed. The Graduate Center
(across the street) remains open - no classes, but people couldn't get
home after they came to work - so the university functioned more like a
shelter (perhaps for the first time). Manhattan is, and has really
become, an island. For a while bridges, tunnels, airports and subways
were closed. The only thing working was the Ferry that took people to
New Jersey - perhaps against their will (sorry folks - a regional and
parochial joke).
At the risk of sounding political in times like these - I think that
this disaster has rushed into the void that US foreign policy has
created.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Cole
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Sent: 9/11/01 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: tragedy in New York
I don't think its difficult to understand why the people who carried out
these acts of destruction, and many to come, did what they did.
It never ceases to amaze me how convinced we are that God is on our
side,
so we are not only justified, but morally required, to act in such ways.
I shudder to think of the sequalia, with the bloodbath in the middle
east
as a ready-to-hand model.
One of the few clear generalizations from the developmental literature
on the use of physical punishment with children is that it creates more
violent children...... just to bring the conversation down to a level
where I have some professional competence.
Meantime, I am waiting to hear from friends in New York whose children
just may have been working downtown today.
mike
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