I (J) was listening to NPR the other day, and the interviewee - I can’t recall his name - said that it was time for America to “move on” from 9/11 and time to end the thinking that 9/11 “changed everything.” When compared to violence in other countries, he said, 9/11 was “not a big deal.”
From the NY Times:
“Is all of it necessary, at the same decibel level — still?
“Each year, murmuring about Sept. 11 fatigue arises, a weariness of reliving a day that everyone wishes had never happened. It began before the first anniversary of the terrorist attack. By now, though, many people feel that the collective commemorations, publicly staged, are excessive and vacant, even annoying.
“I may sound callous, but doesn’t grieving have a shelf life?” said Charlene Correia, 57, a nursing supervisor from Acushnet, Mass. “We’re very sorry and mournful that people died, but there are living people. Let’s wind it down.”
TheStateOf . . . 9/11. “Let the dead bury their own dead.” Matt. 8:22. With politicians invoking 9/11 daily, and often for propaganda purposes, is it time for America to move on?
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