WTC-2weeks later

[its_me_mango]

How is everything in your area? Do you feel okay? Do you feel like your safe? Do you even feel like fencing?
As for me, we feel pretty crummy, we still see some pretty nice people with their red/white/blue/ we see people who are upset.
Yesterday a really nice looking man with a white beard walked by me looking miserable, he was islamic, I felt bad so I said a hello to him, he responded, I think we have to make a sincere effort to help everyone overcome this, while at the same time keep aware of situations that may become volitile.Remember that the Suni Islamics are not noted for terrorism, and work mainly in the agrigultural fields.


[ 09-29-2001: Message edited by: its_me_mango ]

[Event Horizon]

Things out here are starting to get back to normal. Even though I see less tourist around I still feel like life is starting to bounce back. Everyone I know is starting to get back into a routine and so am I. I still feel safe, but like everyone else I'm more aware of my surroundings. Yeah, I still feel like Fencing. I think you can't stop living after what happened. If anything, (not trying to sound morbid) it shows that you should live your life to the fullest because you never know when it might end suddenly.

[Inquartata]

I'm a long way from the Eastern Seaboard, and no one I know had friends or family who were affected, so Sept.11th had no real psychic effects on me. I was shocked at first, when I heard what had happened; then I got angry. The anger has, well, not receded, but grown colder; I don't think there was ever any fear in the mix from which to recover---life continued pretty much as usual for me, and I'm flying to the NAC this week with no qualms.

[damianip]

Originally posted by its_me_mango:
[QB]How is everything in your area? Do you feel okay? Do you feel like your safe? Do you even feel like fencing?
As for me, we feel pretty crummy, we still see some pretty nice people with their red/white/blue/ we see people who are upset.
Yesterday a really nice looking man with a white beard walked by me looking miserable, he was islamic, I felt bad so I said a hello to him, he responded, I think we have to make a sincere effort to help everyone overcome this, while at the same time keep aware of situations that may become volitile.Remember that the Suni Islamics are not noted for terrorism, and work mainly in the agrigultural fields.


[QB]

Things here just outside of NYC are not normal. Many people I know and I have gone to memorial services for friends and relatives lost in the WTC bombing.

Ingress into and egress from Manhattan is limited. The smell emanating from the Ground Zero area can at times be picked up all over the five boroughs depending on the wind.

Everything here feels very immediate and dangerous and is much more so in NYC proper.

BTW, the Taliban are technically Sunni, but I don't you'll find many Sunnis backing them. They have a very antagonistic relationship with their largely Shi'ite Iranian neighbors. From what I've read, I think most Muslims would consider them their own separate entity.

As far as relations with our own Muslim communities go, I haven't seen any first hand animosity and hope I don't. Restraint, patience and tolerance are keys to getting through this and achieving some sort of true justice.

I've fenced a few times in the past few weeks. I've noticed that I'm more effected by my performance than usual. When I've fenced badly, I've been really miserable. When I've fenced well, it's really buoyed me up for a few days.


Paolo

[its_me_mango]

sunni are taliban, taliban are sunni, well, i will eat my hat i cannot believe it, oh well, so much for my friends assessment of sunni: i'll write him a brief note suggesting he stick to dairy products.

I had a feeling that the situation in new york and there-abouts must be really terrible, in yiddish: i hope noone kvetches about the smell, it's the aftermath of a war. guilani is pissed off, i don't blame him, he had to remind the u.n. that they were a few blocks away (hello), they say there's one more year of clean up ahead, that is if they don't hit us again which is possible, and they do tend to wait for holy days (i think this one hit during yom kippur), that's so you'll blame the jews. over here we're sort of getting better in terms of being over much of the shock, however, there is tension at work. As far as personal safety goes, i don't feel that its there, but it's not quite like being on a subway, so it's a bit tenser than the norm, but not unbelieveably so, on the fencing front: i only went a few times, and the mood is quiet.
maybe black arm-bands for competetors? i don't know, they wore them during the vietnam comflict.

[Iwant2bafencer]

In honor of what Mango said about saying hi to the Arab:
Smile
She smiled at a sorrowful stranger.
The smile seemed to make him feel better.
He remembered past kindness of a friend
and wrote him a thank-you letter.
The friend was so pleased with the thank-you
that he left a large tip after lunch.
The waitress, surprised by the size of the tip,
bet the whole thing on a hunch.
The next day she picked up her winnings,
and gave part to a man on the street.
The man on the street was greatful:
for two days he'd had nothing to eat.
After he finished his dinner,
he left for his small dingy room.
(He didn't know at the moment
that he might be facing his doom.)
On the way he picked up a shivering puppy
and took him home to get warm.
The puppy was greatful
to be in out of the storm.
That night the house caught on fire.
The puppy barked the alarm.
He barked 'til he woke the whole household
and saved everybody from harm.
One of the boys that he rescued
grew up to be president.
All this because of a simple smile
that hadn't cost a cent.
-Barbara Hauck, age 13

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Carpe Diem!!

[ 10-21-2001: Message edited by: Iwant2bafencer ]

[Zelda]

wannabe I like that alot!

[Iwant2bafencer]

Thank You I love that Poem, and I thought it fit with the situation quite nicely.

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Carpe Diem

[its_me_mango]

thanks i needed that.

[Iwant2bafencer]

Sure! Always ready to lend a helping hand.

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