[Yoda]

Thanks.This is probably not the place to dwell any more on this. I have sent you a private message instead.

You're right, Air. This site was created and intended for golf discussions, not for political or social commentary. But, since we're in it now and just days away from the 10th anniversary of the USA's most horrific terrorist attack . . .

Let's "dwell".

You mourn the loss of your countrymen, as do we.

Let's hope that mourning doesn't extend to the loss of our respective countries and their values.

Speaking of which . . .

http://whatshappening3121.patriotact...sary-memorial/

Also, is there any truth to this maximum 21-year jail sentence to the perpetrator of the Norwegian murders? [". . . if Anders Behring Breivik is convicted on the two counts of Acts of Terror he has been charged with, the worst punishment he can receive under Norwegian law is twenty-one years in prison." http://robertringer.com/roberts-insi...of-compassion/}

My business is golf, not Norwegian social order, but if so, a mere 21-year sentence is a travesty born of the same mentality that freed -- on "compassionate" grounds -- the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie bomber (convicted of 270 counts of murder) from his life sentence more than two years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockerbie_bomber

Do not interpret the lack of comment on this site to signal insensitivity, or worse, apathy. Neither I nor the readers of this site caused these terrorist attacks and acts of mass murder. Nor can we materially affect their repercussions, despite the emotional pain we feel. As citizens, we can only support and defend our respective governments, taking issue as we are moved and then only with the means -- economic and social -- at our disposal.

In the end, these horrific acts are crimes against the human race -- not any one country or people -- and they must be addressed as such. Individual efforts are incremental, laudable and necessary. As such, they become the collective force that prevents history from repeating itself.

We're making progress, but through the centuries, it's been a 'slow go'.