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something struck me the other day about 9/11....

posted 14 years ago by onandonandon92
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I am an American... I remember 9/11 of course. It was horrible and don't think this post means I'm not sympathizing...

but something struck me the other day when I thought about the way most Americans act like 9/11 was the biggest tragedy in recent times. I hear people say 3,000 people died! 3,000 people died! And yet i never hear anyone mention (just a handfull of random ones):

Hurricane katrina (2005) - 2,000 people died (almost as many as in 9/11)

Afghanistan war (by 2002) - 5,000 civilians

Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 - 230,000 casualties

Conflict in Darfur (starting 2003) - 400,000

and lets just think of the ultimate... as a "direct" result of 9/11

IRAQ WAR -
(US side) - 4680
(Iraqi side) - the lowest figure: 93,000
the highest: 1.3 million

wow

9/11 was a tragedy... but I think it would serve Americans good to open their eyes at times to other tragedies instead of just acting like 9/11 was this world wide disaster that was the worse thing to happen... I think it makes us look more like pricks when we ignore everything else

anyway it was just an epiphony (yeah I"m sure its spelled wrong before hand, so don't comment on it)

HEISENBERG WAS HERE.... (I think)

(yes it's a chemistry joke so sue me!)

[–] soupphysics 14 years ago

I don't know what else to say than you are totally right, and I have thought that many times, when I now almost 9 years after see people acting as if 911 was the worst thing on earth in all history.

[–] DangerMouse299 12 years ago

while 9/11 is a huge tragedy because 3000 humans lost their lives, its symolic meaning as an attack on western life and culture is the one that it will be remembered by

the 2004 tsunami in asia has had a lot more victimes, but nobody is going to see it as a vicious strike against those living there.

on the topic if the movie:

After watching the film you have to realise that in the end it does not matter wether they were travelling to Afghanistan just for kicks or for a darker purpose.

This story has one message, no matter if those three had even been terrorists: that it is just plain wrong for a civilised country like the United States to torture people, hold suspects this long without trial, without proper accusation, just because the officials "somehow imagine" that those three could be involved in terrorism.

The laws that uphold human rights have been thoughtfully created by people a lot more intelligent and farsighted than those officials that now disregard them.

Even if the three had been the worst criminals imaginable, you have to accuse US policies of betraying their own values.