Our local news tonight featured a mother of a 9/11 victim. She is writing a book about her experience and decided to go to the middle east to meet the mother and family of the man who was responsible for killing her son. I'm not sure exactly who he was but he was someone on one of the planes on 9/11. The mother from the U.S. was saying that it was touching to visit the terrorists family and seemed sympathetic to them. Any thoughts?
I'm personally disgusted by her and the news featuring her but I just want to know how everyone else feels.
2006-09-11 11:34:06 · 10 answers · asked by Jackie 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I can understand, as I am a mother...the need to find closure in losing a child. I can understand wanting to confront this person, to make them feel my pain. I could not face my child's murder's mother with feelings of sympathy. I would be angry. I would want her child to feel what my child felt. I don't think it was a good idea to go. What can you get from that? What does the man responsible's family have to do with it. You want closure, go to the source and confront the murderer himself. The terrorists of 9/11 do not deserve our sympathies, nor do their families. What they did is beyond comprehension and for that, there is no salvation nor sympathy. It's one thing to write a book describing your pain and what you've been thru. It's a whole other ballgame to go visit a terrorists family. I think this woman should spend her money on therapy rather than middle east plane fare.
2006-09-11 11:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by kikio 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It might be a good way to smooth the friction between the west and the Muslim world. Many families of the suicide terrorists had no idea what their children were doing. They disagree with such horrible acts and would never condone such a thing. People around the world are more alike than different. We're all trying to get through life --- finishing school, earning a living, raising our kids, seeing them get married, enjoying grandchildren. Its the same the world over.
2006-09-11 11:41:32 · answer #2 · answered by farahwonderland2005 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-07 03:15:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a brave step. Maybe its her process of healing. I'm guessing shes religious like me, and God says to love your enemies as your self, & to forgive & do Godly ways. I know it must be extremley difficult, but I would most likely do the same thing. Its not really the familys faught that thier son acted like this. I look up to her for meeting the family that took her son. It takes great courage to do that.
2006-09-11 11:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by robo_lovee@verizon.net 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think that she is the kind of person that the world will need a lot of...if we are to forgive,tolerate and go forward as people of the world....she is very strong and should be rewarded greatly.If we had more presidents like her the world would be a much safer place and half of the conflicts would stop
2006-09-11 11:43:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Its a good idea and it will bring people closer and less hate and aggression and revenge.
Its very objective also and it will be a big victory for this person.
We are are people living on the same small world and its rather stupid to destroy ourselves with hate revenge and unnecessary wars.
Live is going on for the living and we have to make it better, to become worse ourselves than our so called enemies is rather stupid, it does fit a stupid president, but most people have to be smarter.
2006-09-11 11:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by Chri R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm thinking it's part of the grieving process.
If it makes the family member feel at ease then good for them.
I can't say that I find it disgusting for I did not lose a family member.
2006-09-11 11:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by dont_you_hate_it_when 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mary was there when they crucified our Lord , her son . I believe her "closure" was His life and His promise .
I feel this lady did what she felt she had to do . Perhaps if she wasn't writing a book and did this simply from her heart , I would better understand .
I bet it boost her book sales .
2006-09-11 11:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by Jennifer L 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She should kill the mom in the most torturous way imaginable.
2006-09-11 11:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think she's nuts, but people mourn in their own way.
2006-09-11 12:09:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋