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Todesvogel Pilot	posted 09-15- 09:37 AM Americans need to freaking get control of their emotions. Fear buys us nothing. We need to resume our jobs RIGHT NOW. We need to decapitate the threat RIGHT NOW. The Media must tell us what is happening RIGHT NOW. Time stopped on Tuesday, and I freaking sick of it. Today is Saturday, not Tuesday. Get a clue. Is every American going to have a break down when the Terroists touch off a Nuke in NYC? That is a useless response. I have a lot more respect for the British now, they have the constistution to weather a storm. (I need my girlfriend to get on her flight RIGHT FREAKING NOW.) IP: Logged
DanW Pilot	posted 09-15- 09:50 AM Go fuck yourself. Have a nice day. IP: Logged
3dp Pilot	posted 09-15- 10:12 PM I deplore the sappy crap (stupid pictures going around the net with an American Eagle with a tear in its eye, etc.) and I'm not very sentimental. I'm quite the Anglophile in my interests and my temperment and I am not all that wild about some of my own culture (I'm American by the way). That said, I think we're generally pretty decent folks, and while, in my humble opinion, many may go a bit to far in their search for the elusive "closure", I say, more power to them. I see no reason that the two responses, emotional and practical, can not go hand in hand. I don't think that a group of folks holding a remembrance vigil in Boise, or anywhere else for that matter, in any way hinders our preparations and planning for the eventual retaliation. People do what they need, be it a little or a lot. Lay off. ------------------ Be seeing you, 3dp Visit RAF Harkness! [This message has been edited by 3dp (edited 09-15-2001).] IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 09-15- 10:46 PM quote: Originally posted by Todesvogel: I have a lot more respect for the British now, they have the constistution to weather a storm. Where were you when Diana died? IP: Logged
Todesvogel Pilot	posted 10-11- 11:05 PM Actually, I was in London that night, for a short vacation with a friend that was on the same contract as me. Why. IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 10-12- 12:07 AM You complain that Americans can't control their emotions and that you admire the British for knowing how. I saw a lot of emotion in Britain when Diana died, comparable to what would happen here if a nationally loved person were to die. IP: Logged
Sv JAG	posted 10-12- 07:49 AM I agree, we need to get a little more mature over here. We better be able to take harship, because we are in for some. I think the English are a great model. Also Diana was not attacked by the enemy, that is quite a different thing all together. IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 10-12- 10:52 AM The point Sv, is that Americans are not a bunch of whiney, sniviling, crybabies as Todesvogel implies while the British are always solid, stoic and under control. The Brits showed a lot of emotion when Diana died. Yes, she wasn't attacked by an enemy but she was an innocent who died violently and unexpectedly and it shocked Great Britain and the world. This is not meant to belittle the Brits by any means. It's to point out that they have the same emotions we do, no more no less. Granted, we Americans live in a loser culture that encourages emotional displays in everyday life more than in G.B. but IMO Americans are just as strong and cope with tragedy and shock just as well. P.S. If you want to see another great outpouring of emotion by the British, wait until the Queen Mum dies. She's 100 now. [This message has been edited by Jerry (edited 10-12-2001).] IP: Logged
Sv JAG	posted 10-12- 06:01 PM Queen Mum will never die. I don't know, I still think the Oprahfication of America is in full swing. Too many Americans are saying "This is our fault, let's just give the nice man what he wants so he goes away. Please don't hurt me." Also far too few people are flying... with the odds what they are, there is no excuse for this but that we are at least a little sissy. Now I agree that at heart we are the sternest around, but it shouldn't take so much to get us so hearty again. IP: Logged

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