WTC.Tell the Hijackers

## What would you tell the hijackers if you could?

> PLEASE NOTE: A few people have asked me why we would put this up, that it might kindle a negative reaction. We believe the opposite is true, that it is from lack of a place to express feelings rather than simply be impinged by events, that is responsible for the unfortunate aggression of some people. We hope that when people are allowed to directly address the real perpretrators, that they will not be seeking to blame an entire nation, culture or people who are innocent of those crimes. If you disagree, please post your comments below.

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How hard could it possibly be to fly a couple jet liners between both towers?! Well, back to flight school for the rest of us. Will 12/19/01 22:29:09 MST

Thanks for setting this page up.. I needed to say this: ATTENTION: A MESSAGE TO HIJACKERS You know what? I still have to fly. And now I can't fly without fear not only of death for myself (because hey, that was always there), but fear of responsibility for the deaths of innocent people in buildings that you drive our planes into. But you know what else? I'm not going to play it your way. I'm not going to allow you to make me afraid to fly. Our protection against you is us. That's right, not to rely on a bloated government to do everything, but to take responsibility myself, for my safety, when that's required. No, if you hijack my plane, the choice I'm going to make is to be a hero. That's right, if you hijack my plane, I'm going to have to kick your ass. At best, I'll be a live hero; at worst, a dead hero. Either way, I'm going to choose to do that - go out in a blaze of glory, doing the right thing, and more importantly, doing my best to keep you from doing the wrong thing. And you know what else? I may not be what you expect. Maybe I won't be that all-American ex-college football whitebread man you're expecting -- I may be that cute 13-year-old Hispanic girl who's been taking kung fu since she was 7, or that black college student who does karate. I might or that suburban mom who's been kickboxing to stay in shape. I might be that 12-year-old asian kid whose uncle taught him jujitsu, or that grandma who took a little aikido a lonnng time ago. And you know what, we are all gonna be pissed off at you. We will all know the next time that we have nothing to lose, since you're going to kill us all whether or not we obey you and give in to your deranged demands, and if we're going to die, it's gonna be while taking our best shots at you crazy misguided terrorist bastards. The point is, if you make us defend ourselves, we WILL. And you're not going to know who to look out for. .. so find some other way to get your point across. You'll never know anyone@yahoo.com

Well, it depends on whether I was talking to them before, during, or after the hijacking. If before, I would counsel peace and love. If during, I would counsel peace and love. If after, I would counsel peace and love. I would also point out that the law of cause and effect predicts that what one does comes back. This is a basic dynamic of life here, rendered in Newton's law that "for each action there is an equal and opposite reaction." Or as Jesus said, "you reap what you sow." So, if you want peace, sow peace. If you want love, sow love. But if you sow violence, you will reap violence. That's what I would say... Robert K. Funkhouser rkf@cybermesa.com