X-Message-Number: 20038 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:00:19 -0500 From: Jeff Dee <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #20034 - #20036 References: <> > Rudi writes: > > The posting today by Natasha was OUTSTANDING! And a refreshing change from > most of the response getting air time regarding the tragic and vicious acts > of 9/11. > > Where is the outcry against IGNORANCE, SUPERSTITION, REGIONALISM, and > FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGION that is at the heart of the 9/11/01 attacks? Here's a link to an essay I wrote shortly after 9/11/2001. I presented it at a secular memorial ceremony conducted by the Atheist Community of Austin, Texas: http://www.atheist-community.org/library/wtc_gathering.htm Of course this is not nearly enough to overcome the tide of religiosity that's swept in to take advantage of the tragedy, but I thought you might like to know that at least a few of us are speaking up. -Jeff Dee -- "It is as morally bad not to care whether a thing is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as long as you have got it." -Edmund Way Teale, "Circle of the Seasons", 1950 * http://www.io.com/unigames/index.html * * * AA #1355 - Knight of the BAAWA since 10/26/99 * * * Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20038