London Bridge is Falling Down...
Sep. 13th, 2001 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
windandwaterAll I can really think is:
Do you know how long New York is going to burn?
Maybe I mean it literally. Maybe I mean it metaphorically. I don't know any more. Everything that happened on Tuesday, on Wednesday, even today... it all seems surreal. But, that's the point, isn't it? The point of terrorism is to completely stop a nation from doing its daily business.
To disrupt everyday life.
If that is achieved, the terrorists have won.
That's why George W. Bush made his speech from the White House. It was a statement. It sent out the message: Look... you tried to cripple us, but we're still here. You can't beat us down.
But... gods... haven't the terrorists in some way won?
Thousands dead. I told my roommate and my friend that if less than 20,000 people were dead, I would be surprised. If less than 10,000 were dead, I would be IMPRESSED. Hell, we're getting happy that we've pulled a dozen people out of the wreakage alive.
Do I sound bitter? Or sad? Or cynical?
Maybe because I am.
I just... want everything to be over.
I want to be able to post ficsnips here again. I want Quatre in his little little shorts, Trowa in leather, Duo in his "Must Pilot A Gundam To Ride" shirt, Heero wrapped in a bedsheet, and Wufei dripping wet out of the shower. I want them to bug me constantly, harping me for fics. I want them to shag like weasels between going insane in ZERO System. I want fluff and angst and sex and waff and general hentainess.
I want things to be normal again.
I really do.
Do you know how long New York is going to burn?
Maybe I mean it literally. Maybe I mean it metaphorically. I don't know any more. Everything that happened on Tuesday, on Wednesday, even today... it all seems surreal. But, that's the point, isn't it? The point of terrorism is to completely stop a nation from doing its daily business.
To disrupt everyday life.
If that is achieved, the terrorists have won.
That's why George W. Bush made his speech from the White House. It was a statement. It sent out the message: Look... you tried to cripple us, but we're still here. You can't beat us down.
But... gods... haven't the terrorists in some way won?
Thousands dead. I told my roommate and my friend that if less than 20,000 people were dead, I would be surprised. If less than 10,000 were dead, I would be IMPRESSED. Hell, we're getting happy that we've pulled a dozen people out of the wreakage alive.
Do I sound bitter? Or sad? Or cynical?
Maybe because I am.
I just... want everything to be over.
I want to be able to post ficsnips here again. I want Quatre in his little little shorts, Trowa in leather, Duo in his "Must Pilot A Gundam To Ride" shirt, Heero wrapped in a bedsheet, and Wufei dripping wet out of the shower. I want them to bug me constantly, harping me for fics. I want them to shag like weasels between going insane in ZERO System. I want fluff and angst and sex and waff and general hentainess.
I want things to be normal again.
I really do.