IP: RE: Thoughts on this morning's events -- from someone who passed through the WTC 45 minutes

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin, ~1784

> From: "Ridgely C. Evers" <revers () evers org>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>

> Dave,
>
> > From MSNBC - By Howard Fineman
>
>     REMEMBER THIS day, for on this day life in America changed forever, not
> for better. We are at war, and the war may never end. The death toll is
> unimaginable, the worst (and almost the only) domestic war casualties in our
> history. But we've lost more than lives. We've lost what's left of our
> innocence. Remember what life was like before today: freedom to travel, the
> right to privacy, a sense of ease and security in our homes and in our
> cities and towns.
>
>        All these freedoms are diminished now. We can and will get them back.
> We will win this war as we have won the others, including World War II. But
> victory will not be easy, and we may have to give up some measure of freedom
> to preserve what's best of the rest.
>
> <snip>
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/627154_asp.htm?0dm=-14QN



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