tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post1278212165261444713..comments2023-10-30T21:49:39.848+05:30Comments on The Peanut Express: Where were you on..Desi Babuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07955168775820391505noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-18867363191283651742011-09-15T23:04:24.304+05:302011-09-15T23:04:24.304+05:30Anon above: There may be some truth in what you sa...Anon above: There may be some truth in what you said, if by "America", you meant the American government. Most American people have a lot of empathy with suffering around the world, and it was sad to see them suffer as a result of 9/11.<br /><br />Dear Chintan: Your points are very good. But, guns are a way of life in America. Sometime ago, I wrote a post on why some people would like a law like the US second amendment in India - "The young guns". You might like the slightly different perspective on guns in that post.. <br /><br />Peace!Desi Babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955168775820391505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-19993572407388251272011-09-15T01:26:12.138+05:302011-09-15T01:26:12.138+05:30ah well :) i have mixed feelings about 9/11. the a...ah well :) i have mixed feelings about 9/11. the aftermath that happened is so not called for...the islamic countries have lost so much, the soldiers have raped umpteen number of women and left them pregnant with hardly any medical facilities and how can we forget baha mousa's episode!!<br /><br />and well, 9/11 does scar many lives...what's a lesser known fact is americans kill each other with their own weapons every year...30,000+ more people are killed in usa because of personal weapons...<br /><br />no justification for what was done or terrorism...but who knows if the theories about 9/11 being orchestrated are true?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-10856575458778421942011-09-13T19:58:49.273+05:302011-09-13T19:58:49.273+05:30you got me wrong.Never meant to condone the ghastl...you got me wrong.Never meant to condone the ghastly attacks,but there has always been a sense of humility lacking in America regarding other nations in spite of its superpower status.Its invicibility got a rude jolt that day and it started some serious thinking to combat terrorism.It would not have hunted osama down or even cared to look for his whereabouts.The attacks that day reminded me of Nagasaki and the mushroom cloud.America is nobody to set others right when what it lacks is basic empathy.And now tell me that America had no estimation or inkling of the damage its bombing would eventually cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-14588405922939547882011-09-13T12:22:43.908+05:302011-09-13T12:22:43.908+05:30Anon1: Just because Hiroshima/Nagasaki happened, i...Anon1: Just because Hiroshima/Nagasaki happened, it does not justify the acts of terror like 9/11. Historically, there were many reasons for the use of the atomic bomb: including the fact that imperial Japan participated in mass genocides of civilians in several Asian countries including China and the Philippines. And, they would have continued to do so for many years after Germany's surrender, had it not been for the bomb. In any case, I think it was a terrible act, and nothing justifies Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But, two wrongs do not make a right.<br /><br />Also, the atomic bomb, was NEVER used in a war again, as the US found out what terrible consequences it had on humanity. You cannot say the same about the terrorists, who keep trying to kill innocent people, many years after 9/11. <br /><br />Dear Hariharan: I agree. The US woke up to the fact that terrorism was indeed very real.<br /><br />Dear Sudeep: That is a very touching story. I hope I never have to take my Indian flags down -- for any reason. Thanks for sharing your story with us.<br /><br />Dear Saru: I agree - there are no safe havens, any more.Desi Babuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955168775820391505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-56250457183529176362011-09-12T23:20:51.990+05:302011-09-12T23:20:51.990+05:30Even I remember that day very clearly, I was surfi...Even I remember that day very clearly, I was surfing channels at night and I was shocked. In fact, in a state of disbelief. That day has changed the world. The concept of 'safe heavens' vanished over night.Saru Singhalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860642404643756746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-35164067938905988462011-09-12T13:28:38.199+05:302011-09-12T13:28:38.199+05:30On 11/Sep 2001, I was already in office, just a fe...On 11/Sep 2001, I was already in office, just a few km’s from WTC (The few hours I got working alone before everyone else arrived, were the most productive of the day). Luckily, I was on the NJ side, so could drive home later in the day.<br /><br />As people started coming into office, I also started getting the news. First, it was one small plane has crashed – no big deal. Then it turned out the plane was not so small. After that, there was the second plane. Each new person coming in was bringing in some additional news. Now we had to go to the TV in the cafeteria. Behind the glass, we could see the actual smoke bellowing. Other news started filtering in – like how a middle-eastern person was punched in the face, in the adjacent office block. I tried calling my wife, but could not get through the whole day.<br /><br />The next few months were not nice, but for the first time I was so happy that I had my blue Indian passport. I could see the expression on police officers softening, as they asked ‘from India…’?, and waved me on. It confirmed the belief that Indians were (are) regarded as honest and hardworking people.<br /><br />It was, therefore, quite painful when almost all other Indians I met advised me to take down the tricolour from my car (it is common in USA to fly flags of countries from where one originates), and fly the USA flag – which of course I refused to do. In the following months, I saw many Indian cars festooned with stars and stripes, but none with the Indian flag.Sudeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248954146393962106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-48673928546474724972011-09-12T04:22:58.056+05:302011-09-12T04:22:58.056+05:30Life goes on...
It remains the most real-surreal t...Life goes on...<br />It remains the most real-surreal thing I saw on t.v.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-33085959660130753852011-09-12T01:08:40.194+05:302011-09-12T01:08:40.194+05:30At a personal level re-living the the events of th...At a personal level re-living the the events of that fateful would be very painful to you. At a macro level US relaised the problem as a real one.Hariharan Valadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12244321351448793974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5268411326974045305.post-59163122211222465572011-09-12T00:53:14.135+05:302011-09-12T00:53:14.135+05:30a nation capable of perpetrating nagasaki and hiro...a nation capable of perpetrating nagasaki and hiroshima bombings had to see this day-when mighty become the helpless.<br />it also opened america's eyes to the real problem of terror that india had been highlighting all along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com