I guess my first response is that you don't give help or charity so other
countries will "owe" you; you give it because you have it and someone else
needs it.

And, in this case, I'm not really sure we need rescue or economic help from
other countries. The people coordinating the rescue efforts seem to have
more volunteers than they can use because teams from all over the US wish to
help. What we will be needing from other nations is help in other ways; when
we get enough information about who is responsible and where they are, we
will probably be calling on many nations to put their sympathies and ideals
above their own best economic interests and potentially even their own
safety-that could cost many of them a lot.

Maureen Fitzpatrick
Associate Professor, English
Johnson County Community College

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Cheryl Richey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, September 14, 2001 10:35 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Our nation's tragedey

This is very nice to hear feelings of sympathy.  However, feelings are not
as helpful as actions.  I would like to see other countries come to help us
unbury our people. We are in a time of crisis.  We spend billions of dollars
to come to the need of other countries. We help clean up after war; we help
when earthquakes hit, we help discourage countries.  Now it is our turn to
need help.
----- Original Message -----
From: Martha Kolln <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Our nation's tragedey


> Dear friends:
>
> I just received this email from a cousin in Norway:
>
> "It's with grief and shock we got the news about the cruel and cowardly
> attack on your country and all those innocent people. We can hardly find
> words to express how sad we're feeling, but our sympathy is with you and
> also with all those unknown people who have been killed, maimed or have
> lost their loved ones.
> The whole thing is so unreal that you almost have to check that you are
> awake. Beside the human tragedy, this is also a threat to all democratic
> nations in the free world including our country, so even if we are far
away
> in distance it does also feel very close. One good thing, if one can say
> that in a situation like this, is that the world's major nations seem to
> have become more united and determined to fight these evel elements
> together."
>
>
>
>   I wanted to share it with you because I'm sure it represents the
feelings
> of average citizens all over Europe.  Cousin Helge has been here in
America
> several times; he has a special feeling for New York because he
> participated in the NY Marathon three years ago.
>
> At times like this, of ocurse, grammar issues that we would normally
debate
> have taken a secondary place in our lives.
>
> Warmest regards to you all.
>
> Martha
>
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