Misunderstanding 9/11
Waleed Aly ABC Religion and Ethics 11 Sep 2012 http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/09/11/3587603.htm From the very beginning, we failed to understand what happened on 11 September 2001. The story of the past eleven years is how this failure led us to dark places with terrible consequences. From the very beginning, we failed to understand what happened on 11 September 2001. The story of the past eleven years is how this failure led us to dark places with terrible consequences. The fact that every mainstream media outlet continues to mark the terrible anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks is a victory for the perpetrators. Terrorism is least successful when it is ignored, when it is denied what Margaret Thatcher called the "oxygen of publicity." Still, it is impossible to ignore what took place. It was more than merely symbolic or spectacular. It was cinematic. When the first plane struck the north tower, the cameras of the world rushed to film the carn...