Monday, September 09, 2002
Remembering 9-11
Below is a letter I sent out to the DeepFUN discussion group.
People are asking me about my plans for 9-11. So I thought maybe it'd be something we all'd want to share.
I plan to go out to the beach and play paddle-volley-ball with my wife.
I figure that maybe going out and playing in public like that is a kind of Freedom Flaunt - a way for us to demonstrate, to each other, at least, that the terrorists didn't win, weren't able to take away our joy, our ability to celebrate life and each other.
I know that there were great, profound, painful, irretrievable losses on 9-11. But I also know that if I had been one of the lost, I would have wanted people to remember me with a rededication to life, to joy, and not necessarily at all to flag and country.
But that's me. That's what I would want for myself. So, I thought I'd use this forum to learn what you'd want for yours.
Bernie
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If you have anything to add, anything, please e-me.
People are asking me about my plans for 9-11. So I thought maybe it'd be something we all'd want to share.
I plan to go out to the beach and play paddle-volley-ball with my wife.
I figure that maybe going out and playing in public like that is a kind of Freedom Flaunt - a way for us to demonstrate, to each other, at least, that the terrorists didn't win, weren't able to take away our joy, our ability to celebrate life and each other.
I know that there were great, profound, painful, irretrievable losses on 9-11. But I also know that if I had been one of the lost, I would have wanted people to remember me with a rededication to life, to joy, and not necessarily at all to flag and country.
But that's me. That's what I would want for myself. So, I thought I'd use this forum to learn what you'd want for yours.
Bernie
GżG
If you have anything to add, anything, please e-me.
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