Americans aren't known for their long memories. Maybe they're still so caught up in 9/11 because "Ground Zero" hasn't been rebuilt yet.
They don't seem to have a problem with Pearl Harbor anymore. Look at all those Sony Playstations.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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