We would gather a world forum, we would ask all of the television cameras to come, and this is what we would say: It seems that this act has come in response to other actions. It seems that someone has seen this as a way of sort of leveling the playing field. And it seems to us that if we respond in kind, that all that will happen is it will stir up more of the same—and ensure more of these pockets of disaster happening globally as time goes on.
And so, we have decided that we will do the unexpected, and not respond. Not because we think that they are right—but because we do not think that in doing that, we would be right, either.
Excerpted from Albany, NY on 10/4/01
Our Love
Esther (Abraham and Jerry)