Originally Posted by
Fredd
Dare I suggest my parents' generation was made of sterner stuff?
I'll give us the benefit of the doubt. Back then, there simply weren't as many media outfits and ways of conveying information as there are now.
I guess another point is that the threat caused by Pearl Harbor was defeated. There was no bogeyman to keep around producing increases to a department's budget. We've still got the bad guys hiding behind every rock, waiting to get us.
It's worth noting that the cities in which terrorist attacks have taken place bounced back pretty quickly. While the Marathon bombings in Boston didn't create nearly the devastation that 9/11 did, both cities reacted admirably. We mourned our loss and will no doubt remember them next year in Boston on Marathon Day, but we have moved on. We're not using those events to scare the crap out of citizens.
Mike