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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (33093)	10/15/2001 6:47:20 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 82486

To usurp these saintly stories as illustrations in an article clearly intended to argue a gay (sexual-preference) agenda, does in my opinion demean and trivialize rather than exalt these deeds. It's been more than a month since the horrendous event. There's been a lot of chatter about when we can start joking again and what kinds of jokes might appropriately be made about the event. There's also a lot of chatter about how things have changed for us. There are news reports about New Yorkers being nice to each other, about a reduction in road rage, and how much nicer airplane passengers are to airline personnel. We're starting to recognize certain silver linings in the tragedy. Jokes and silver linings--what is tasteful and what is not? Which can we articulate and which are better kept to ourselves, at least for now. I grew up in New Jersey when the New York skyline didn't include the WTC. I always thought the WTC ruined the skyline. I mentioned that to Neo in a PM but I did not post it because I knew it was iffy in the taste department. I've also thought about anthrax and junk mail. I've always had a thing about junk mail. I've ranted about it on SI. If people are afraid to open mail from unfamiliar sources, maybe junk mail will become extinct. Silver lining. Is it tasteless to recognize it? Sullivan notes that the war has stopped the dismissal of gay servicemen and women. Another silver lining. I think that we need to be about to joke and to acknowledge silver linings. Maybe it's too early. Maybe some silver linings, like the NY skyline, will never be mentionable. I don't think that mentioning a change of military policy on gays trivializes the event any more than does mentioning courtesy in the New York subway system. Although I can understand why some might not yet be ready to hear it. Karen

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