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September 11, 2003, Must Reads
09/11/2003

Cox & Forkum illustrate the deterioration of expression and the adulteration of intention as the years have passed since 2001 and captures my thoughts.

Michelle Malkin nails the two-faced bums in the public sphere:

Across the nation, public officials will strike somber poses and shed television-friendly tears and bow their blow-dried heads in memory of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

They'll hold hands, light candles, and pass around a plateful of platitudes: "Never forget," they'll intone. "Let's roll," they'll thunder. "God bless America," they'll warble in perfect harmony.

John Derbyshire correctly extends some of the criticism to all of us:

John F. Kennedy spoke of the Cold War as "a long, twilight struggle." That particular struggle is over with now. Human evil did not disappear from the earth in 1989, though. It will never disappear, as long as there are human beings. The struggle is an eternal one; when one phase comes to an end, another opens up elsewhere. Do we understand this, in our hedonism and comfort? I worry about that.

Posted by Justin Katz @ 03:45 PM EST

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ADDENDUM:
September 11 second anniversary–related posts:
September 11 Writings
The Personal Nature of the Fall
September 11, 2003, Must Reads

Justin Katz @ 09/12/2003 02:12 PM EST