First of all, I can assure you that the entire european people is deeply shocked, too. I am writing from germany, I saw what happened on tv and first called a good friend I have in Texas. Which wasnt easy as almost all long distance lines broke down. I can understand the anger and the resulting hate. But I really hope that revenge will not cause a WW3, which was the first thought I had after thinking of Pearl Harbor. Im sure you also saw what Arafat looked like and what he was trying to express when hearing of the cowardly attacks. His people has, like every religiously defined people, a mass of fundamentalists that usually are led by some more or less intelligent people looking for power. Seeing the people almost dance in the streets made me sick, but they dont represent the whole people, especially not all muslims. Well, for now, we all hope that the guilty will be found quickly and punished hard - and that the situation will not escalate.
Slashdot Mirror
First of all, I can assure you that the entire european people is deeply shocked, too. I am writing from germany, I saw what happened on tv and first called a good friend I have in Texas. Which wasnt easy as almost all long distance lines broke down. I can understand the anger and the resulting hate. But I really hope that revenge will not cause a WW3, which was the first thought I had after thinking of Pearl Harbor. Im sure you also saw what Arafat looked like and what he was trying to express when hearing of the cowardly attacks. His people has, like every religiously defined people, a mass of fundamentalists that usually are led by some more or less intelligent people looking for power. Seeing the people almost dance in the streets made me sick, but they dont represent the whole people, especially not all muslims. Well, for now, we all hope that the guilty will be found quickly and punished hard - and that the situation will not escalate.