Philip Fibiger

it’s sort of incredible to think that life just goes on after yesterday, but being distanced by about 3,000 miles and 3 time zones, it really does feel that way. the death toll seems like it will be as staggering as i had feared, with thousands dead in each of the two towers, as well as up to another thousand dead between the airplanes and the pentagon. the racism and bigotry of this country is certainly rearing its ugly head right now, and it just knots my stomach. andy mentioned something on irc about arab children getting beaten up at school, and i read a report of gunfire directed at a mosque in texas..i fear that it’s going to get much worse before it gets better.
slate has a well thought out essay on the possible repercussions of retaliation. it’s definitely worth reading. i also found this set of photographs of the disaster, which i thought were very beautiful, in spite of the dark subject matter.