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I apologize if my post came off as "get over it". That's not what I intended.
But it seems that everything, war, violence, terrorism, it's all fair game for American entertainment. And yet when it comes to 9/11, we must bow our heads in reverent silence, as though it is somehow separate from, or more sacred than, the destruction that people the world over live with on a daily basis.
Like I said, I come from a place where terrorism is a way of life. It exists in the background of everything you do. In my hometown, they erected gates that would close at 5pm every evening, so there was only one road in and out of town (through a military checkpoint). I can empathize with those who were in Manhattan that day, with people who lost loved ones. I guess I'm just sick of the, "well, you weren't there, so you wouldn't know" attitude that gets hauled out at the merest hint that 9/11 isn't being take very, very seriously.
