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----- Featured Action of the Week -----
Second Week of September, 2000
Combat the Horror
Like most of you, I woke up this morning prepared for a normal day. And,
like most of you, I instead spent the morning watching in horror as
hijacked aircraft were used to attack the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and possibly other targets. At this time, I don't know any more than about
the scope or magnitude of the attacks, nor from whence they came.
I do know that the coming days will be equally horrible. The death toll
will mount. There may be more attacks, and there certainly will be a
backlash.
I'm not going to ask you for some five minute feel-good effort this week.
It would be wrong to think that any such gesture is sufficient to do
justice to the tragedy that has befallen us.
I _am_ going to ask you for action, however, on both the personal and
political fronts.
Please: give blood. For every death, there have probably been hundreds of
injuries. The Red Cross will almost certainly be begging for your help
before the day is out. A pint of your blood costs you almost nothing to
give: some time, some energy, some recovery. The cost to injured people who
don't get the blood they need may very well be their lives.
Sometime before or after giving blood, take the time to sit down with your
older children and talk about today's events. Do you remember being a
child? Do you remember the effects a crisis can bring? Fear and
uncertainty. Your children -- or children in your family, whether they are
yours or not -- need your reassurance and comfort. If they've seen the
images on TV, or heard fear in the voices of the adults around them,
they've just been exposed to one of the most hideous, traumatic events
imaginable.
If you don't own a gun, it's time to buy one. *Now*. You may not be able to
a week from now -- political opportunists, such as the victim disarmament
lobby, are sure to take advantage of this tragedy as a means to advance
their agenda.
If you've never taken a public stand in favor of freedom, now is shaping up
to be a pivotal time in which your contribution is needed. In the near
future, we can expect a crackdown of major proportions. Some of it will be
ad hoc, some of it will come in the form of proposed additional
encroachments on our freedom by Congress.
It's time to mourn, but it's also time to act on behalf of the injured,
their families and friends -- and on behalf of liberty. Don't let your
guard down. Don't accept excuses or let the enemies of freedom make the
Bill of Rights the final casualty of these attacks.
----- Alternate Actions -----
The Freedom Action of the Week Club: Commit yourself to doing one
action per week. If the action above doesn't appeal to you, consider
one of the alternate actions at:
http://www.free-market.net/features/action/
If you know about another action or organize one of your own, e-mail
Tom at tlknapp@free-market.net so we can tell the rest of the group
next week.
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