Originally Posted by
exbayern
I think that you have missed entire decades of history, including attacks on the ground in airports around the world.
AND you missed (as do many Americans) the single largest loss of life in an airplane attack prior to 9/11, and the largest mass murder of Canadians in history. It is an insult to those people and their family and friends that they are completely overlooked by millions who go on about how 9/11 changed everything.
Absolutely, and I do wish Americans would shut up about 9/11 - they had already overblown it and their response within a few hours of the event. No country in history has made such a spectacle of themselves by outspending, out-stripping-rights, out-murdering and out-preaching pursuant to a single minor event, and I do hope the next time an event such as this occurs that a more pragmatic post-incident approach is adhered to, similar to that taken by other countries.
Personally, I think the way to approach such tragedies is to not make a Hollywood production out of them. Perform the clean up, continue life in a resilient manner and work behind the scenes to attempt to close up any security lapses, if possible without siphoning away the rights of the people. Above all, understand that the deaths of citizens as it relates to the actions of those known as international terrorists (plurist reactionaries is a better term I suppose) is going to happen if one's government is engaged in or massively supportive of the mass murder of people in other countries in the world. It is unfortunately an element of Karma and there is nothing you will ever be able to do prevent it occurring, so live life, enjoy every moment and realize that the best form of security has nothing to do with checkpoints and people in silly blue uniforms playing with your wotsists. @:-)@:-)@:-) (if I do say so myself)