Letters to the Editor
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Flight 93 A "Myth"?
Feminism is good; bad things have been done to women (and a few innocenet men here and there), but the stories of courage on Flight 93 were a "myth" -- merely because the passengers who charged the cabin were males? Come on, lady!
9/11 occurred in an atmosphere of shallow social commentators clucking their thick tongues and pondering aloud, "Are men necessary any longer?" It was a stupid question then, and 9/11 merely gave people the perfect opportunity to expose it as a stupid question. When people saw firemen and policemen and, yes, the men on Flight 93 putting their enhanced levels of testosterone to good use, a lot of folks said, "Hmm, well that's one thing men are good for." That was the "backlash" against feminism -- not a "backlash" at all, but the realization that men are good for SOMETHING. I was at the Columbus Day parade in New York shortly thereafter when firemen were downright cheered -- yes, I heard the word "heroes" screamed -- by women.
How dare you dishonor the deeds of the heroes on Flight 93 just because most of the heroes happened to be men.