Outrageous, Immoral, and Appalling

History is, by definition, a record, usually chronological, of important or public events. When the event is a national tragedy, as 9/11 was, rewriting the facts to serve the purposes of ideologues, political parties, or personal agendas is an abomination. The scheduled ABC “The Path to 9/11� docudrama is just such an abomination. Anyone who is not outraged by this manipulation of a tragedy that affected us all cannot claim to be a patriot. How dare anyone play politics with a national tragedy! Such an act is totally contrary to the spirit of America.

Our political scene has become so ugly that we tend to just shrug off each new nasty tactic with a kind of boys will be boys (or politicians will be politicians) attitude. But, for me at least, this is one step too far. An attack against our country that killed almost 3000 innocent people is too horrendous, too wounding, to allow it to be twisted and spun for political gain.

Conservatives claim to be the guardians of “family values.� Which of those values says it is alright to lie? Which of those values says the end justifies the means? No matter how many euphemisms are used – spin, slant, interpretation – a lie is a lie is a lie. It is appalling to think a political party that is supposed to represent the good, solid, god-fearing part of our population would allow such a thing to be done in their name

This program is a lie that hurts us all if we allow it to be aired and shown to our children at school without a deafening outcry. I do not know how many conservatives were involved in this production but if those who were not do not denounce the perpetrators of this deceitful representation of 9/11, then they too are guilty.