Respond to Terror with a Revolution of the Heart

A COMMENTARY FROM BETWEEN THE LINES

Respond to Terror with a Revolution of the Heart


by Between The Lines\' Executive Producer Scott Harris

As I sat in a restaurant eating lunch the day after the terrorist attacks, I was trying to comprehend the enormity of what had happened. I read a newspaper and glanced at the TV in the corner of the room and could hear my fellow diners converse about the horrifying events of the last two days.

Comments on the death and destruction ranged from disbelief at the nightmarish images seen all day long on TV, to recounting stories of friends and relatives who were in New York City and witnessed the catastrophic assault on the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

But as I continued to listen and engage in conversation with a man sitting next to me, the predictable demand for vengeance and more death could be heard coming from the lips of many of those in the room including the kitchen staff. Several of those speaking within earshot, described their hope that nuclear bombs would be exploded over this or that Middle Eastern capital.