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September 2001
September 13, 2001
A TIME OF MOURNING
GBGames prays for all those that have been lost and have lost loved ones in the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C.
Even if they do find out who exactly was behind this, I would like to ask everyone to keep a clear head about everything.
My main concern is racism. As soon as I saw CBS display Bin Laden's picture on TV, before anyone had any proof, I already knew that there would be people who would accuse Muslims or Middle Easterners of the crimes.
I have many friends of many religions and cultures, most of you in the QB community, many from my university, and others I have met in my life. It is scary enough to have to worry that some of us may have been lost in New York or Washington.
It is worse to have to worry that my friends would be attacked by fellow Americans who are too angry to understand that they are only helping the terrorists.
The United States needs to stay united.
If we continue to attack each other and point fingers, we will pull the nation apart.
We let that happen, and they will have won.
I have already heard too many people saying we should nuke the Pakistanis or that we should get the Middle Easterners out of "our" country.
My response is that this has hurt them as much as us because this is likewise "their" country.
As for the dancing and celebrating in the streets of Palestinian cities, I would like everyone to keep an open mind about it.
Yes it is understandable that one would be upset to see celebration of such a tragic loss of life.
Still not all Palestinians are happy. Some are deeply upset. Some are American citizens.
Terrorism, no matter where it is, is wrong, and to believe that the United States of America or any other nation will fall to it is to have a lack of faith.
The world will not stand for this, and the terrorists will not win.
They cannot win.
We will not let them.