I believe that "One Day, Broken Into Two" was a good article (not great, but good), and it does make some good points coming from the perspective of a mother who celebrates that day, yet also grieves on that day as many Americans do.
The fact is, America has to take precautions to prevent something like that from happening again. Whether it's being searched, taking off your belt and shoes, or just allowing people to take a look into your personal bag...it's all for YOUR safety. (Personally, I've flown on an plane from Phoenix, Arizona and there was a "towelhead" on that flight. He made it through inspection at the airport, but it still scared me. No, I wasn't profiling him based on his ethnicity and dress, but it still had me worried during the whole four hour flight. After we landed though, I felt safe and knew that the airport security had done their job right.)
I believe that schools ought to be the same way. Instances such as the Columbine and Virginia Tech massacres are the same thing but on a smaller scale (without having wars declared). People are being killed. Here's an insight - the human mind is a sick, disgusting thing because we can think of things that no other living creature can! For example, the systematic killing of people such as in VA Tech, or even what Hitler did in Europe during WWII. (I knew a kid who committed suicide at his school a few years back. This is a personal example that I think would fuel my point.) People do weird stuff! All this could be avoided if people were to take a few precautions against having weapons or bombs or whatever the hell it is that can be used to cause harm.
Some of the scars of 9/11 have healed. But others left by the hundreds of deaths will not heal. America is an apethetic nation, who are characterized by our disconcern for others except ourselves. Yes, 9/11 brought Americans together in a way that nothing else has before, but now Americans still walk down the streets not even giving a care to anything around them because they are so absorbed with all the crap in their lives such as, (as the writer of "One Day..." said,) our "oversized shoes and KFC". (That line seems a little racist against blacks.) America is now once again divided because some scars from 9/11 have healed and been forgotten about. Maybe another instance such as another 9/11 or massacre or killing would wake up America, shake us to the core, and reunite us. If America were to reunite (and if we were to get these dumb morons out of government) then we could've ended this war a long time ago. (But then again...the world has been at war since God created it. Even when there were just Adam and Eve on Earth - there was still conflict.)
I agree with the points that were written down in "One Day, Now Broken Into Two". There can be some days that call for the utmost reverence and celebration, yet somewhere in the world, even in America or next door to you, someone could be mourning a terrible loss as you celebrate. Everyone has a different story, which is a key aspect into the unity of America - all the different background and stories.
I agree with you Lucas. I went on a plane ride to Seattle and I had a "towelhead" as you called it on my plane ride as well. I was nervous the whole plane ride seemed so much longer. Schools should have to be searched not as much as people are searched at airports because that could cause problems with parents, but in todays world kids can bring anything to school and the staff would not know what they brought unless they had a reason to search the person.
ReplyDeleteYou guys can not belive how long the process to immigrate to United States. It is ridiculously long. I am okay with all the security thing at airport. And I am so agreeing that school should check students. I am pretty sure everyone will be so freaking out. Government is trying to secure the country more than before, but the thing what they do is not enough. Even though people's privacy is important, some things should be done more than now. But what I do not agree is the VA Tech thing. That person was Korean but he was not normal. People should've found it and told police, not ignoring the fact that person is werid. There are some few unfortunate thing. Like me, people try to check my background and more exposed to be in trouble. Because of language problem, the fact that I am not americdan citizen is like kind racism. (I have lots of things to talk about it but i will just stop it here.)
ReplyDeleteDon't stop, Jung! You're doing great! It's nice to have your perspective in the mix, it's a very different one than most of us can offer =)
ReplyDeleteWell... people do have some kind of prejudice, such as asian is smart or something. That is totally not true. People should not judge book by its cover. What I want to say is, because I am not caucasian or african-american, when I do something wrong, i get more blamed. I had enough from here in Laney, and I am kind of tired of it. It should not be anything, but people just make it bigger and bigger. That ended with no problem, but still it was not a good experience for me. I was okay with everything, but Lucas' opinioin can be also be connected to the racism category. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteJung got it right. ^^
ReplyDeleteYou see...I was straight up addressing the racism category, the government conspiracy category, the fact that I hate our current government administration, the issue of war, and the issue of 9/11 all in one topic.
But racism is everywhere because (I'll type it again)...the human mind is sickening because of our God-given intellect. And Jung has got it right...you DON'T judge a book by its cover.