Here is a link to the poignant Jon Stewart monologue on the first "Daily Show" after 9/11. My favorite excerpt, and I've taped it up on the wall next to my office for all to see
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That's why we've already won. It's light. It's democracy. We've already wonThe lives of those in the Towers when they were attacked are lost and gone. Its a tragedy, I don't argue that, nor do I argue what a profound impact it has had on this country and many here
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Yes, airport and general security is a joke. Our government definitely is more concerned with the illusion of security than actually keeping anyone safe.
His speech is definitely true in NYC, at least. Perhaps it is far more relevant there than elsewhere in the country. I don't have any friends, nor have I met anyone, who lives there and has given in to the fear and mass hysteria. Some did at first, as a knee-jerk reaction, but within a year all that was done for many I know and know of. In that respect, in the strengthening of the human spirit (if only in a small area or for a short while, as he admitted it might well be temporary) we won that battle, although not the war. Not Americans, just humanity as a whole.
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His speech is definitely true in NYC, at least. Perhaps it is far more relevant there than elsewhere in the country. I don't have any friends, nor have I met anyone, who lives there and has given in to the fear and mass hysteria. Some did at first, as a knee-jerk reaction, but within a year all that was done for many I know and know of. In that respect, in the strengthening of the human spirit (if only in a small area or for a short while, as he admitted it might well be temporary) we won that battle, although not the war. Not Americans, just humanity as a whole.
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