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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (143600)	9/17/2001 6:08:32 PM
From: fingolfen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, Can we get off the "anti-PC" rant. It's not PC to protect the rights of Americans. I know you want to be angry and lash out. I'm pissed off too, but the Afghani people are not the enemy. Hell, most of them don't even have running water. Every day is about surviving until tomorrow, NOT grand political aspirations. The Taliban is everyone's enemy (even their own people IMHO), and should go the way of the do-do. Bin Laden is the enemy, and should join the Taliban and do-do. The day that it becomes undesirable to stand up for the Rights of American Citizens is the day that America officially dies. From your rhetoric it sounds like we should call for the crash cart. If you want to demonize the "media" or me or whomever as "politically correct" (which is the equivalent of "pinko" and "commie" in the Viet Nam era) go ahead. I've been called worse, and to my face. I am not, however, going to stand by and watch my country take on the mantle of racism and transform its mentality into that of the barbarians who attacked us. It seems to me America is having trouble with "enemy identification" at this point. The enemy isn't easy to see, so we're lashing out in all directions at anything that even remotely LOOKS like it could be the enemy. In short, we're acting like scared animals. It's time to buck up and realize that the world is a lot more complicated than it is in the story books. The good guys don't always wear white hats, and the bad guys don't always wear a turban and a beard and pray toward Mecca.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (143600)	9/18/2001 6:02:23 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, RE: "OTOH, maybe 90% of Americans don't understand why anyone could hate them." Why? RE: "Political correctness hasn't done a lot of good for the security of America for many years. " Nonesense. Being PC has done a lot of good for America's security. Being PC has avoided Islam from being divided from the West, which is really Bin Laden's goal, right? See post: Message 16371032 Also, being PC, allows for gathering of critical intelligence information, which is what needs to be done here. An honest, trustworthy, considerate PC person that is honestly motivated to get to the bottom of this, can more easily locate the responsible parties through intelligence gathering, than someone who walks around with a baseball bat and is racist (no implied reference to anyone). Regards, Amy J