Some would liken it to Pearl Harbor. Clearly different 9/11 targeted
civilians. Today there is a tone of forgive those responsible siting
Jesus parable on forgiven servant. Contrast that with the need to
oppose evil. Comparing the parable with the 911 terror there are stark
differences. First the concept of 'debt'. Not to be too literal but
can any sin or wrong be a debt? Plus scripture does allow for the
concept of 'enemy'. There is a difference between opposing an enemy and
'hating' them. We must always be open to forgiveness but always the
forgiven must accept those same ideals. Have the terrorist forgiven
the type to be forgiving as well? Second, the parable shows intent on
the debtor to be forgiven. The terrorist maintain there position. In
fact, they relish in it and they count on our weakness. They are the
enemy.
The problem is who are they? There are not battle fronts. Just the
notion of a people who will likely be terrorist. This of course allows
for what the terrorist want -- to divide us. Some of us will stereotype
and harass people we think that look or act like terrorist. Often
innocents are martyred as a result. Others will fight against this
group in the name of preventing hate, bigotry, civil liberty, and the
usual left-wing love our enemy crap. I fear the enemy succeeded. The
enemy knows all they have to do among the innocents and come out again
when needed.
In the end, you must be willing to forgive when the time comes. That
time has not arrived. The new enemy is ourselves in that if we don't
show the terrorist that we would rather be free than live in fear --
even if they sometimes succeed -- then they have won. The new enemy are
those in our government that serve only to defend the enemy. To give
them our rights, take away our own, to forbid harsh means to get answers
from them, and to illegality search grandmas and children and normal
folk. Neither enemy deserves our sympathy until they recognize that
what they did was wrong.
Do: If you find the true enemy. That is, you know of a person that
explicitly wants to create terror against the American people. Point
them out among your friends.
Don'ts: take action yourself. the chance of creating a martyr is too
great and you'll land yourself in jail.
- trust our own government. DHS already profiles the typical
terrorist as exactly the opposite of what you'd expect. Likely they
would point you out as the terrorist than the one you expose.
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