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9/11 4/20 3/20 and 3/11 Why do we put number labels to things now?

Always the easy answer. The sound bite that explains it all. A simple name that makes things easier to deal with. All so we can get on with our lives or so the media can save time when discussing an event? World Trade Center attacks, Columbine, Tokyo subway and Madrid trains are other 'names' for those dates. Some dates bring memories still too difficult to deal with yet so many more things have happened over the years all over the world. And just because nothing major has happened in the USA since 2001 doesn't mean things have stopped or that "security measures" have worked. Source: Worst terrorist strikes--U.S. and worldwide

I don't like to talk about politics but recent events have me thinking about this. September 11 accused pleads guilty. Just weeks before the attacks, he was jailed in Minnesota on immigration charges after a flight trainer told the FBI that Mr Moussaoui had acted suspiciously. One instructor made the difference and may have saved many lives by stopping someone who " was being trained on a 747 to eventually use this plane to strike the White House."

There are two things I want to point out here:
1. We can, as individuals, make a difference in what happens to other people. Get involved
2. We are not just part of the country we live in, we are also part of the world we live on. What happens in other places in the world does effect our lives. Realize there are other cultures and ideals than your own and work to find common ground for peaceful resolution to differences.

posted by Kev @ 4/25/2005 09:08:00 AM