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media and meaning
So far I have heard no mention of the role of the book in the attack and response events. But of course it must be an inconsequential role, too silly even to mention. Certainly the influence of images, pure and simple, is far more awesome.
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September 20, 2001
Monday the 10th of September was my 60th birthday and I mentioned that I was ready to relive the 60ís. Well, that seems to be occurring. Today we had a University wide convocation to discuss the options for response to the events of the 11th and at the end of the presentations, people from the audience got up to offer comments. The last person was a tall man. He said; ìI am a native Iowan and ex-military, special forces, and I have just one thing to say about what happened.î You could sense the audience preparing for some kind of rage.
Then he said simply; ìWe deserved it.î He continued; ìThis country was founded by terrorists. The first colonists would have starved but for the help of the Indians. In turn we exterminated them. And to this day we are known in many regions of the world as terrorist forces.î
ìNow we have a chance to repair our image and I am thinking about the responses of the 60ís. But we need to go beyond that and not be dismissed as an ìantiî war movement. We should not let the response be labeled anti war because that would give a secure position to the war movement which already has the momentum. Now we must start a constructive peace movement.î
EndNote: My brother, also ex-military, also made an interesting comment; “If we do nothing, we will be attacked again. If we respond, we will also be attacked again.”