If you are looking for some profound reflection on the “meaning” of September 11, go elsewhere, for you will not find any meaning to that lethal day here.
If you are looking for some words to salve the grim memories, such as those images of ones who chose to jump from 100+ stories above the street - fleeing flames climbing ever higher, go elsewhere, for you will find no comfort here.
If you are looking for some unique insight linking history both long past and more recent to find some sense in the past four years, go elsewhere, for you will find no unique insight here.
If you are looking for some hope within the days that seem to march ever darker since our rude awakening to the realization that the United States is indeed a part of the world at large that it generally chose to ignore, go elsewhere, for you will find no hope here.
If you are looking for some paean to “honor the memory of those who died” on the anniversary of the day they, along with hope, were murdered, go elsewhere, for you will find no paeans here.
Today, as is often the case, here you will find only questions.
Questioning is how one learns.
Since it is mainly other bloggers who read weblogs, the questions I ask today are relvent mainly to those who write weblogs or opine on politics routinely, but they can and should be applied more broadly.
My question is this:
When you write, when you opine, when you post, what is your main goal, the advancement of your “side”, or the success of our nation?
A second question:
When you write, when you opine, when you post, will the world be a better place, or at the least no worse, than it was before you chose to write, opine, post?
How are these questions relevant to this day?
Think about it.
It has been four years.
What have you done to make the world a better place?
