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[Ron Thigpen <rthigpen AT nc.rr.com>]

Tony Spencer wrote:

> "Leading the rhetorical charge has been an outfit called September 11th
> Families for Peaceful Tomorrows - which, the group admits, has only a few
> dozen members and represents relatives of no more than 1 percent of the 9/11
> victims."

So, the NY Post is suddenly a respected source of solid journalism?  I 
think most readers know them more for their "page six" celebrity spreads 
than for their op/ed pages.

I also think it's a stretch to believe that all of those quoted in these 
stores were member of one small group.  Besides, there's evidence to the 
contrary:

<http://voicesofsept11.org/news/030804.php>
<http://daily.iaff.org/030404press.htm>
<http://www.familiesofseptember11.org/includes/viewfile.asp?vfile=%2E%2E%2Fdocs%2FOpen+letter+from+Don+to+President%2Edoc>

quoting from the last link above:

"We ask both parties to use constraint.  Debate the issues, including 
those related to the deaths of our loved ones.  This we want.  But do 
not punish us in the process nor lay false claim to our allegiance or 
that of our loved ones.  What was attacked on September 11th is too 
large-scale, too precious to suffer at the hands of partisan political 
struggle in this country.  After all, that is what happened on the world 
stage that awful day.  Please, do not repeat it here in the coming 
months by gratuitous use of the images and symbols associated with the 
deaths of our loved ones."

And a lot of other citizens seem to agree.

<http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040309-052408-6911r.htm>

And the issue goes much deeper than just the images in these adverts.

Firefighters are seeing their images used, without their permission and 
as portrayed by non-firefighter actors, while at the same time taking on 
additional rsponsibility as first responders and seeing their budgets 
cut.  And the victim's families have had to fight for every scrap of 
cooperation with the 9/11 commission, which is now so delayed that their 
report will not be issued before this fall's campaign.

<http://www.911independentcommission.org/>