'An
eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind'
[Dream
target date -21 September 2001]
Standing on the precipice
of violent reprisals, lets reflect on the above line from Mahatma
Gandhi. Then
check out this site for peace
9-11 peace.org
Contribution
by Jon Dobson
[Dream
target date -18 September 2001]
Jonny Boy asks us to learn about
the shocking misogynist 'barbarism' of the
Taliban and shares this alleged prediction from Nostradamus;
'In the year of the new century and nine months, From the sky
will come a great King of Terror... The sky will burn at forty-five
degrees. Fire approaches the great new city...In the city of
york there will be a great collapse, 2 twin brothers torn apart
by chaos, while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb
third big war will begin when the big city is burning'
Contribution by Emma Clark
[Dream
target date -16 September 2001]
Emma asks us to light
a candle and shares this quote with us;
'So instead of listening to cowboy pieties...we turn to those
who...understand, especially when they hear the word 'revenge'
thundered by talk-show warriors, that the best, the only revenge,
when you're fighting a cult that fetishises death, is life.'
- Simon Schama
NYC Tragedy - Comment by Michael Kay Louis
[Dream
target date -16 September 2001]
When the twin towers collapsed
we watched it live on the TV, INCREDIBLE. But it was impossible
to take the size of the tragedy in. The following day we went
up to Highlawn Pavillion in West Caldwell New Jersey. At this
point you're 300ft up and about 30mls from NYC. There was a
long pilgrimage line of sullen people making their way up to
the look out point. A few were chatting over the small details
of a tragedy like this. Where they were when it happened, the
authorities should be doing more, etc. But it was all just a
talking cure for trying to get through such a huge event.
Then the stunning sight of a huge veil of smoke hundreds of
feet high drawn across the lower part of the city came into
view. All at once the understanding became apparent, one persons
death is a tragedy thousands are a statistic. Most people were
just standing around not saying very much trying to get to grips
with what they had in front of them. Then through the eternal
silence that surrounded all of us a plane took off and it's
deafening defiant sound echoed the sentiment - We will go on.
[Mike Kay Louis (aka Mike Millward)
attended Leeds School of Fine Art 1980 - 83 where, looking like
the 'Bastard son of Joseph Stalin' (sic), he scripted several
art performances exploring political conflict. He now lives
in New Jersey with his family where he works as an Art Director]
Terrorist attacks
in NYC
- Comment by Paul Fillingham
[Dream
target date -11 September 2001]
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I can hardly believe it's true. The twin Trade Towers
were HUGE, really HUGE. Back in February we'd look down
a street and catch a glimse of them through the morning
mist, they were just there, man-made mountains. You could
see them from JFK airport which is miles away. The New
Yorkers we met were really friendly, no 'sides' to them.
The city felt like some big filmic playground where people
worked hard and played hard. I yearned to stay, to become
a part of it all. Manhattan felt safe compared with the
threatening squalor of London after nightfall.
Now the playground has been violated and our thoughts
go out to the decent people who were just going about
their daily lives.
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