Quarter-Life Crisis

Enough of the Blame Game

September 11, 2006

I just finished watching, 'the Path to 9/11.' I really enjoyed it, found it entertaining and informative. However, I have had enough of all of the blame oriented discussion this anniversary has brought up. I am sick of everyone pointing the finger at everyone else, sick of everyone's hypocrisy. Tired of people who want to feel secure without sacrificing anything, or engaging in the discussion regarding the cause of terrorism.

You see scenes in this movie, for example when they retrieve a terrorists laptop, yet the authorities cannot get clearance to access the information on the laptop. People react to that with thoughts like, "come on, he's a terrorist, search the thing." Yet these are the same people who get all bent out of shape about listening in on known terrorists phone calls.

I don't know what I think about that issue, but I do know I've had enough of the hypocrisy. It happened, I get that, it was awful, let's learn from it. But is it really necessary to point fingers this far after the incident.

I was reminded today of how much the world has changed in the last 5 years, and also became more aware of how that one single event, more than any other will be the shaping event for my generation.

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