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I actually really like horror movies. This isn't about liking or not liking horror movies. This isn't a matter of being afraid of seeing "Cloverfield" - except perhaps the fear of wasting two hours and eleven bucks seeing a movie that promises to be not very good. When I referred to a post-traumatic stress disorder, I was obviously using hyperbole. Let's face it, if you made the decision to stay in New York City after 9/11, you've pretty much already faced any fear you might have of dying in another terrorist attack. You've said to yourself "I'd rather run the risk of dying in a terrorist attack than live someplace safer." And I should note that by and large New Yorkers have not been particularly susceptible to the politics of fear that Bush/Cheney have been exploiting for the past seven years. But what's the big deal about thinking that "Cloverfield" is a bit tacky as a evocation of 9/11? Isn't it my right to think so? Isn't that one of the rights our soldiers are fighting in Iraq to preserve?
