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BlueTrain · May 5, 2011, 05:31 AM

Things don't always work out the way they do in the movies. When the airplanes hit the towers on 9/11, people didn't literally head for the hills but rather, people went to New York to work. There was a lot of work to be done all of a sudden. But it didn't work that way in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, did it? Some people in New York, on the other hand, discovered they really had no useful skills either. What are you good at doing?

I suppose it rather depends on how you see an event in the first place, although I can't imagine anyone seeing a hurricane as anything but a bad storm or 9/11 as an act of terrorism. Countries are invaded every now and then but some people see the invaders (there is no other word) as liberators, as they sometimes are. One person's patriot is another persons rebel.

May 5, 2011, 05:31 AM	#3
BlueTrain Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 6,141	Things don't always work out the way they do in the movies. When the airplanes hit the towers on 9/11, people didn't literally head for the hills but rather, people went to New York to work. There was a lot of work to be done all of a sudden. But it didn't work that way in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, did it? Some people in New York, on the other hand, discovered they really had no useful skills either. What are you good at doing? I suppose it rather depends on how you see an event in the first place, although I can't imagine anyone seeing a hurricane as anything but a bad storm or 9/11 as an act of terrorism. Countries are invaded every now and then but some people see the invaders (there is no other word) as liberators, as they sometimes are. One person's patriot is another persons rebel. __________________ Shoot low, sheriff. They're riding Shetlands! Underneath the starry flag, civilize 'em with a Krag, and return us to our own beloved homes! Buy War Bonds.