I know, some people don’t like Prager U, but the video below sums up events nicely. It’s the recommendation that came up on YouTube so that’s what I’m going with. I don’t want to hear it. Not today.
I had considered doing an article about 9/11 and other events and how it affects fiction, especially the stuff I usually talk about here at BW Media Spotlight. I may still do so this week but it didn’t feel right doing it today. I would like to know something else. This was the first time Al Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center. On February 26, 1993, terrorists drove a van into an underground and blew it up. Six people (seven if you count the unborn child) were killed in the explosion. It was suspected at the time that this could have caused unseen structural damage that caused the Towers to fall apart faster than expected when rescue workers attempted to evacuate the Tower along with the damage caused by the two planes and the burning fuel.
Now this is not an excuse to attack Muslims, and smart, compassionate people already knew that. These were a group of extremists, and that should also be acknowledged, not hidden to protect mainline Muslims. Extremism is always our worst enemy no matter the political, social, spiritual, or other types of worldview divisions. Every group has extremists, including those who claim to share my values (they clearly don’t). Evil is about actions, and these actions were evil. We should have gotten bin Laden after the first bombing. We did after the second and thus far there hasn’t been a third. It was the first big invasion (not counting spies and minor sabotage) since the Revolutionary War and we weren’t prepared. We should fix this but not by becoming extremists ourselves, and those who use it for personal political game be they Democrat, Republican, or Independent should be called out for their actions.
Remembering 9/11
I made that comic 10 years after and what’s said still holds true. Even when we know why we find it hard to accept. Evil exists and we can’t forget that just because we don’t want to punish the innocent with the guilty. I’m all for understanding and unity but it’s done as much by thought as by heart. This was a tragic event in American history, if not human history as a whole. Never forget what happened, but what happens now to ensure this doesn’t happen again should be done with compassion and wisdom together, not just feelings or just logic. I hope we never see this again in any country and still hope for a better world for us all.
Regular BW topics return tomorrow. Sorry for the ramble. I just wanted to do something for 9/11 and reading a Batman novel didn’t feel like it. This is what I had time for.
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