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opinion:
brunson's mouth
Moving on? You
must be kidding
I'm not even going
to beat around the bush with this one! I believe that America
is "moving on" way too fast in regards to the recent tragic
events in New York and Washington, D.C.
I can't even believe
that our own president would tell the country that we need
to move on the day after the tragedy. That phrase is easy
to say if you don't have family members or friends trapped
in the rubble of the World Trade towers or the Pentagon. How
dare the president and other Americans make that statement.
I am thoroughly
dissatisfied with the way this entire situation has been handled.
First, I believe that America should have been shut down for
longer than one or two measly days.
Also, the statements
that public and law enforcement officials continue to make
about Americans moving on so we can show the terrorists we
are a strong nation, that is complete and total crap.
All we are doing
is trying to move ahead too quickly. We are going to settle
right back into our usual comfort zones, and then we are going
to be attacked again. How many more people must die
before America wakes up?
Another thing that
is also upsetting is the fact that people are so happy that
everyone is helping and caring so much for one another.
Hello! That should
have been going on way before this happened! Why must
human beings continue to wrong and hurt one another, then
use tragedy as a means to come together?
I no longer feel
safe in this country after Sept. 11's events. My heart
and prayers go out to all those people who lost loved ones
in both New York and Washington. And we can't continue to
tell those people to just move on!
That's the problem
in America; people don't find closure to tragedy. They just
want to move on, and forget all about it.
For example, I
have a relative who was married to her husband for over 10
years, though they were together for 20. He died of cancer
two years ago, and about three months after his death she
already had a new man.
What is this?
I'm not saying that this person should be alone, but at least
take a year to get over it before you drag someone else into
your drama. This way you can have time to yourself, get right,
and get some closure before you start all over with someone
new.
All too many times
do I hear of friends and other people I know who date or marry
people for long periods of time, and then either they break
up or one dies, and two weeks later they are with someone
else. And Americans wonder why the divorce rates are
so high?
I understand that
we are not a perfect nation, and it is not my request that
we become perfect because that is not realistic and will never
happen. However, let's at least take the time to let the thousands
of people who were affected by this tragedy get the closure
they need before we start moving on.
If we really want
to come together and support one another, then we should stop
trying to get to business as usual and give ourselves some
healing time, not just a day or two.
Larry W. Brunson
Jr. is a journalism education and English major at Cal State
Long Beach.
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