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out of curiosity - has any of you been watching the news as of late? did we notice that no one knows where bin laden is? the russians claim (post factum, of course), that they knew where he was prior to tuesday's events. now they havent got a clue. the pakistanis claim the same thing. it has been proven by the russia's afgan experience that afganistan not a country into which you want to go with ground forces; its a hellish country in terms of terrain and weather. however, it is impossible to fight this by air forces only. the man hides in caves - are you gonna bomb every cave? are you gonna condemn the entire country, the entire people, because the extremist freaks are the ones in power? its not a democracy over there, these people didnt elect the taliban - its a militia government, i.e. they took over in a military coup. ground forces, however miserable the prospects of the benefits of it are, are going to have to go there and hunt bin laden and co on foot. because thats the only way to do it, he isnt anxious to come out and talk to us. and many innocent people are going to die, and as trigger-happy as so many of us are right now, that will only mean more funerals and memorial services.

as far as i can see, there are two kinds of new yorkers: those who swear that its the best city in the world, and those who swear that its the absolute worst. i am one of those new yorkers who are not very fond of their city. in fact, i transferred to a university in boston, because nyc just didnt do it for me in the last year or so. (i moved to nyc 6 years ago). but what happened on tuesday left me feeling violated, because nyc is my home, even if i am tired of it at times. i want to come home, and hopefully, i will come home in a week or two. i was surprised to find myself angry about the wtc, and angry not only because of the unnecessary loss of human life, but also because i feel like someone came into my house and turned it upside down. tuesday was hellish as i was trying to get through to my family and friends, but the thought of moving somewhere else did not really cross my mind just yet. i guess new york rubbed off on me more than i ever thought it would...

since i dont get any of the jewish holidays off, i will only be able to come home to nyc for yom kippur...although in light of recent events it doesnt sound like a particularly safe choice, since it is a big holiday and all, and anti-israeli/jewish sentiment tends to rise during such times. =(

i just want to comment on a few points first of all, if you kill bin laden, or whoever else is the ringleader, that wont punish them personally. their belief system is very different from ours, and this war to them is a holy war. if they die in battle - what greater honor than that? and as someone pointed out, bin laden and co. have a lot of supporters all over the middle east and probably in other regions as well, so by getting rid of one or two, we wont get rid of all. and then he has a chance to become a religious hero, a saint, if you will, who was slain in battle. that could possibly escalate the violence as means of retribution. secondly, the US tried to set israel and arab leaders down for some heart-to-heart talks for a while. the problem with them is that they dont want to kiss and make up. thousands of lives have been lost on both sides, and neither one wants to forgive and forget. they simply cant. while israel seems to be a little more rational from where we stand and at least less aggressive, they refuse to make significant concessions to the arabs, and the arabs, fueled by religious pride, among other things, refuse to make any concessions to israel or the US, whom they see as the chief ally of the greatest "evil" - israel. so while they have been bombing the israelis for quite some time now, they figured that its about time to open another front in this war, and fucked around with us. the images of kids dancing in the streets are disturbing and sickening, no doubt about that. however, we must remember that those are not all the kids of the arab countries (i forget where the footage comes from). these are children of fundamental religious muslim tradition, which is also followed by the taliban and many people in pakistan as well. there are many others who are scared to death sitting in their homes with the border between afganistan and other places closed, because they are afraid that they will die if we decide to wipe out the whole country. they have nothing to do with any of this insanity. im no expert on islam, but the more moderate stance of it definitely does not support slaughter of innocent people. nether does christianity or judaism, for that matter. these people who aim to destroy as many civillians as they can in the us and israel and other places seem sick to us, but they are driven by their own belief system, which allows for such actions. it must be noted that this belief system is not true for everyone living in those countries. we would step down to the level of these terrorists if we blindly went after the entire nation or the entire people. genocide is rarely a sound means of international relations. guess this pretty much sums it up...i might be off on some points, do feel free to let me know. the arab-israel relations are complicated enough to get lost in the numerous wars and arguments

brown hair/blondish highlights, anyone?

weinstein (nyu) sucks! the elevators, oh the claustrophobia-inducing elevators...

BU...i KNOW there are more people going to boston than the ones replying to this thread...

now that im laughing i can go to sleep =) i think you should go with mugz's advice, you really cant beat a goofy - pvd - playing-dildo...

the most depressing album ever has got to be george michael's "older"...but thats for the kind of depression when you dont want it to get better as far as bon jovi, try "destination anywhere" (the whole cd). its diff. from the band's recordings, and also is a lot sadder and of course, pink floyd works =) btw, PFloyd40 , "floyd" seems to be your answer to all musical questions =)

mariah carey "daydream". that was the first cd i ever bought myself, how embarrassing. i dont remember the last time i played it...

i thought you werent promoting drug-fueled escapism?

um...if you can get arrested for public drunkenness and nudity, dont ya think they could arrest you for being high in public?

i thought a lot of people were older, im a little surprised 19 here...20 (thats a weird feeling i have about turning 20 ) in april

i am leaving to school on the 1st!!! ahhhhhh.....

i couldnt figure this out myself either...so im getting a bunch of friends to go upstate and chill for a few days. =)