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Originally Posted by Blue
Wow, I'm going to jump in here but I know I probably shouldn't. I read the first page of this and well, being an American didn't really want to read anymore. The title caught my attention because I've had a lot of discussion about this movie with friends. First off I have to say I am stunned by the hatred I read on this board for Americans. I have always found Canadians to be wonderfully nice, good people. This and other threads here shock me.
As someone who watched 911 happen before her eyes and who had a brother working in the Pentagon in that section I felt compelled to read this thread. Have I seen the movie? No. Why? Because the memory of that day still hurts and I don't want to. To me the people on that plane and every other plane were heros. As were all the people that died that day. You want to call us Pom Pom waving Americans so be it.
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OK--so let's review. You read the first page of a multi-page thread, and felt qualified to comment on the level of "hatred" in the thread. If you'd read the rest of it, you'd realize that there's a diversity of views here--but I think it's safe to say that no-one "hates" America. Disliking American foreign policy isn't hatred, it's an opinion. People are entitled to their opinions in what is for now a free country.
I probably should therefore not be surprised that you didn't actually SEE "United 93" yet felt qualified to comment on it. I did see it, and yes, it's emotionally difficult, and as I said in my article, I have mixed feelings about whether it's a good thing to bring back the difficult emotions of that day.
Incidentally--and this will perhaps surprise no-one--I actually received
hate mail because of the article today--in my mailbox, unsigned, no return address. Really freaked my poor wife out.
I guess there are some people out there who know they're right and don't want a debate at all.