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...citizens. "Enjoy life," President Bush says. "Go down to Disney World." Because it is normal to want to have fun. Buy stocks, say the Wall Street cheerleaders, boost the market, because it is normal to want to get rich. Feel your feelings, say the grief counselors, because anger is normal and anguish is cleansing and there's nowhere to hide in any case. A party store in Texas gets an order for 10 of its Osama bin Laden pinatas from a California therapist who says she wants them for her patients. Take a gamble, come to Las Vegas...
...play on our fear of the worst, which, to some people, is more comforting than the unknown. Wedge-driving rumors--Jews or Arabs had prior knowledge, Arab gas-station attendants were seen celebrating, and--get this--the Swiss did it to raise the price of gold--arise from anger and hate...
...cross fire will have loved ones left behind to mourn as we are mourning now. We must be aware that by perpetuating the cycle of violence, we will certainly be breeding a new generation of hatred among the mourners. It is crucial that we don't act out of anger, that we pursue not vengeance but justice. DICK BAY Novato, Calif...
...strategic justification for military action is clear. Although a forceful response may kindle anger among our sworn enemies, we would be fools to maintain illusions of courting their friendship. We have no leverage over sick fanatics who blow themselves up to win salvation from whatever demons they mistake for gods. They do not respond to incentives, they do not fear death, and they will not stop hating us until we cower away in ignominious isolationism...
Perhaps Wall Street rejects will channel their energy and anger into more artistic pursuits. If rock and roll is indeed dead, perhaps hundreds of unemployed college kids can revive it. Here’s the kicker: more artsy people means more body piercing. Fortunately, there has never been a better time to go into the piercing industry, thanks to the October 2000 repeal of the anti-tattooing and piercing laws in Massachusetts...