No one needs to be reminded of the day. No one needs to say “never forget”. Not yet, and not for a very long time. With the battle against Islamic extremism in full swing around the globe, no one needs a jab in the ribs to remember just what it was that happened on a pleasant morning in New York City, in Washington, in the skies over Pennsylvania.
But while we are in no danger of forgetting, discussion has shifted to 9/11’s impact on the present, and the implications for the future. Today, the focus is directed to the political and geopolitical fallout. We’re obsessed with dissecting, analyzing and second guessing. We argue about how best to guard, prevent, secure.
“Never forget” is evolving into “never again”.
As the years pass and the events (if not the consequences) become further removed, the shared anguish for those who lost family, friends, co-workers will begin to dim. It’s the natural way of things.
And so, this is why we have memorials. Not to mark historic events, but to honour the personal – the heros, victims, the sacrifice, and those who struggle on without them.
Today is their day.
Lots of Oil
The NYT: Mr. Sandman, Bring Me Some Oil The Times reports on the vast reserves of petroleum in Alberta’s tar sands. The flow of oil extracted from Alberta’s tar sands, also called oil sands, surpassed one million barrels a day at the end of 2003, and i…
I will never forget those people ever.