"In that destruction, we saw the destruction of the mainspring of meaning and hope -- not the clash of civilization, but the end of it. This was more than a sense of individual mortality, the sure knowledge of a coming death that each one carries. We humans live with that by assuming the open-ended continuation of other lives, our children and their children -- on into the indefinite future.
But on 9/11, we saw the future itself as mortal."
I guess we should all give up. It's over, and has been over for five years now.
I disagree. What we saw was an attack designed and carried out by fanaticals who represent a tiny fraction of this earth's population. Just as the attack on Pearl Harbor was not the act of the entire population of Japan, nor was the blitzkrieg a strategy developed and carried out by the whole of the German populace, the attack on the WTC was an act by a relative few. We (and I mean freedom loving people around the world, not just Americans) have faced challenges many times in history. And like those times, we will overcome this as well.
As for mortality, who hasn't acknowledged this unavoidable fact? In many ways, the self-centered, far-left, cosmopolitan elite are the only one's who have failed to recognize this. Mortality is part of the process. Challenges are part of life. Overcoming them and solving real issues rather than sitting back and navel-gazing is part of life. Tough decisions must be made and some people get hurt - preferably the bad ones.
To elevate mankind - and especially mankind in this period of time - is typical of many on the far left who are so self-absorbed that they can hardly breath. We - humans today - are responsible for all that is bad. Global warming and terrorism are the topics de jour. As if this earth and mankind have never faced challenges in the past.
Get over yourself and become part of the solution or get out of the way.
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