yesthattom | New Yorkers Against War

Before the war I listened to this editorial.

But in New York, it's different. Since 9/11, we always feel like we're living in the bull's eye. We share that only with Washington DC. If there is a war, we New Yorkers - and especially we who live or work in Manhattan - will worry more than any other Americans about whether we will be attacked. It would be the first war since The Civil War in which American civilians feel at risk.
I suspect that's a big reason New Yorkers are more opposed to war than most Americans. We take it personally. And I suspect the New York anti-war rally was so much bigger than expected last weekend not just because many people here think war would be wrong, but also because the government's handling of the war on terrorism is scaring us more than Saddam Hussein.

Listen and understand.

And one New York radio reporter was having a hard time convincing her LA producer to do a story about terrorism preparedness tips, because in LA they thought it was alarmist. It really IS different here.

And it still is.