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*this is an exercise in stream of consciousness writing triggered by the inability to suppress my own thoughts.
the real tragedy of september 11th is not the deaths, but the missed opportunity for a real and honest discussion of the consequences of american cultural imperialism and arrogance. instead we witness knee-jerk reactionism at its finest, ironically only helping to fuel the flames of hatred for years to come. i don't care about the lost lives in new york any more than i care about the lives lost elsewhere in the world. i am not a nationalist or patriot. i am a human. i don't i don't believe i should be proud of something that i had no part in accomplishing. i don't feel any special bond with new york. i don't believe in national identity. national identity is just another programmed construct to justify group hatred, elitism and isolationism. the more one travels the world the more apparent the slow motion global class war becomes. the more apparent the prison for our minds becomes. it becomes clear that everything is wrong and has been wrong for a long time. each new problem is caused by the solving of the problem before it. i am not minimizing the significance of the loss of life, i am just stating that life lost is always tragic. because someone shares a geopolitical commonality with me does not make them some how more valuable than those who do not. life is life. to say that life lost on american soil is more tragic than life lost elsewhere is ridiculous. what makes the events of september 11th more tragic than a united states missile destroying a school or hospital after it flies a thousand miles of course? than our involvement in another's civil war? than supporting authoritarian military dictatorships? than arming the world? this is not simply blaming the victim, i am arguing that everyone is a victim as well as a victimizer. nothing happens in a vacuum. everything is a response to an injustice be it actual or perceived. everyone has blood on their hands. the question that remains to be answered is whether or not we will dishonor the memory of those who are no longer with us by spilling more blood in their name...