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To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (2183)	9/13/2001 4:06:21 PM
From: Poet	Respond to of 51706

I think people who hang onto their equities solely because they are being told it is unpatriotic to sell them are being foolish with their money. Hey, 5 firefighters rescued from an SUV buried under the wreckage!

To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (2183)	9/13/2001 4:07:45 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 51706

Bonnie, As you may or may not know, I'm an American Airlines wife, and I am finding some of the comments about shorting our stock (edit_ I am not against shorting- I do plenty of it myself- it is the motivation of some that I am finding reprehensible- that of PUNISH the airlines)and some of the comments about how we deserve to be severely beaten down to "get the message" across to be extremely upsetting. this is not directed at you, but I am using your post about shorting the airlines as a springboard for something I really want to say. No one is more upset than the employees of these airlines. We have lost friends and family. The airline is working overtime doing all it can to assist the families of the victims. Our community, which is heavily populated by AA and Delta families, is in mourning. To talk about further weakening companies that employ many many thousands of Americans in an already precarious economy is, imo, irresponsible and reckless. Do they honestly believe that this could accomplish more than the horror of this week has already achieved? Let's not confuse who the enemy is here. The weapons so far reputed to have been brought on board, such as the boxcutters, may not even have been illegal. We're not talking uzis and guns and bombs. There is no way we can secure perfectly, control with absolute confidence, what gets onto a plane. I am convinced there will be changes, the pilots will demand this, the flying public will demand this. But penalizing the companies financially will only hinder the effort. that is my rant for the day, or hopefully the week.