Monday, September 12, 2011

Not forgotten ... (September 11, 2001)

Though many years have passed since that fateful day for many of our countrymen in New York, and since the War on Terror began (now called the "Long War,") and the heavy expense our country has made to stop terrorism in all its forms, the realities of September 11, 2001 are still fresh in people's minds.  A generation of youth in our country has been brought along in a social environment of anger and fear, anxiety and frustration at the workings of the world in which "suicide" bombings and related acts are commonplace.  Though as well there was much fanfare at this anniversary, and much was made of visual and sound impressions on the audience of the afflicted and onlookers as well, the dead can not see nor hear, nor experience in any way the honourable commemoration of these tragedies, both individual and collective.  That the great recession is related to this, and in the country many people finances are short, only adds to the acrimony and self - doubt in looking back and remembering this particular day. 
Link - recordings of September 11, 2001 happenings.