There are people who are not struck by it, and there are people (fringe groups, but still people with a voice out there) who insist it didn't happen the way it was told, and who believe it was a govt conspiracy. The revisionists get to tell the story if the people who witnessed it don't do the story telling.
I'm with you on the extremism, too, but we can't swing too far the other way into apathy. If there's nothing you believe strongly in, if you're willing to compromise on everything, the cumulative effect can be as widespread as a few acts of extremism.
I know I keep posting here just agreeing with you, but oh well...... I hope you don't mind.
I do agree with you 100%.
Warning!!! If you are easily offended or could in any way be offended by a view of 9-11-01 that differs from yours, please stop reading. Actually I want you to keep reading, but I don't need half the internet mad at me for saying some of this.
Revisionist history, especially about 9-11-01 is one thing I hate with a passion. You would not believe the number of people I run into who pretty much flat out deny that the US was attacked by Islamic Terrorists that day. (Most don't outright say "It is a gov't conspiracy.") I hate it when they get out their little diagrams, videos and "official" documents and try to prove that it was not a civilian airliner that struck the Pentagon or the WTC, or that that United 93 was shot down. I can't stand when they are all "Well, look here how you can see thins thing hit the side of the building and then there are no slices in the building from the wings." Or "Well you can see as the building falls there are progressive puffs of smoke just like when they demolish a building, so the WTC was actually destroyed by these explosions because simply flying a plane into a building that massive could not possibly destroy it. It was only on fire and that can't make a building fall like that!" Or whatever. I have actually asked several people words to the effect of, "Oh, so you are an expert on building design and construction, aircraft design and construction, physics, aerodynamics, explosives, skyscraper demolition, fire and thermal loading, investigative research and skepticism? And you deduced all of this from grainy, 30 second long, hand held, digital cam-corder video clips from youtube? I want whatever degrees you have, cause I'd solve tons of problems."
And on your extremism vs. apathy, I'd argue that apathy is an extreme. And I do agree that we cannot afford to swing that direction. I do see this country rapidly heading that way though. It is up to those of us who still remember and care about what happened to try to keep this country from going there.
Yes, compromise can be as bad as extremism. "All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." If you don't stand up for what you believe in, evil will triumph. But I do not see flying loaded airliners into occupied structures as standing up for what you believe in. That is in violation of the "Two Laws." #1) Do all that you have agreed to do. And #2) Encroach on no man or his property. If the whole world followed those two principals, we would not have events like September 11th. If you feel like flying a plane into a building to make a point or stand up for something, well fine, go ahead and do that. Providing you own you own empty airliner, you own empty skyscraper, plenty of jet fuel, and plenty of room to not bug other people. I have some pretty strong beliefs myself, we all do, everyone has something they are willing to die for. (At least I hope you all do.) But you beliefs should NEVER be at the expense of other people. I know I am preaching to the choir here, but anyhow, had to say it........
So to those who still truly remember, keep that memory and tell the story. To those who have forgotten or who refuse to remember or believe, shame on you.
To those who may have been bothered by that #1, there is more where that came from and #2, you were warned. See red text earlier on in my post.
