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Old 12-26-2008, 03:40 PM   #1
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And if the fourth plane managed hit the White House, it would be "just another building", right? Why all the tragedy?

Well it wasn't just Pancho Villa, and it wasn't just a fire, it was an extremely major loss that had massive repercussions for all Westerners' ways of lives.
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Old 12-26-2008, 04:33 PM   #2
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...it...had massive repercussions for all Westerners' ways of lives.
So, in the context of this discussion, you're saying that people's reaction to 9/11 was a self-fulfilling prophecy?
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Old 12-26-2008, 05:14 PM   #3
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Old 12-27-2008, 06:45 AM   #4
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And if the fourth plane managed hit the White House, it would be "just another building", right? Why all the tragedy?
We got over it last time.


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Well it wasn't just Pancho Villa, and it wasn't just a fire, it was an extremely major loss that had massive repercussions for all Westerners' ways of lives.
Only because we allowed it to.
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