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kentuck

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13. Few people thought the towers would collapse.

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 04:01 PM

Jun 2013

In fact, some businesses wanted their employees to go back to work.

But the huge loss of life resulted when they did indeed collapse. For the terrorists, it was a "lucky" strike. Some Arabs celebrated in the streets.

The "war on terror" began as a cover for Bush and Cheney's incompetence. They overlooked "intelligence" just like the type people are debating over today...

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Are you as fearful of terrorism today as you were on Sept 11th, 2001? [View all] kentuck Jun 2013 OP

I am about as fearful I guess el_bryanto Jun 2013 #1

about the same, which is not at all. more likely to shot by a 2nd amendment supporter n t msongs Jun 2013 #2

same here. I am more likely to die in traffic or Phentex Jun 2013 #34

Same here. Was not fearful then and am not now. Mojorabbit Jun 2013 #37

I was sad on 9/11 think Jun 2013 #3

I was not fearful on 9/11. I was angry, confused, and heartsick, but not afraid. Melinda Jun 2013 #4

i felt a lot of sadness then and for some time afterwards, but was never scared JI7 Jun 2013 #22

I was living in Atlanta at that time... the quiet of the City was deafening. Melinda Jun 2013 #26

I've never been fearful of foreign-based terrorism. I'm more afraid of my sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #5

No. octoberlib Jun 2013 #6

Sadly, yes eissa Jun 2013 #7

Does your fear come from actual terrorist attacks...? kentuck Jun 2013 #9

As irrational as it may sound eissa Jun 2013 #14

I am more afraid of the gun nuts and those who want to overthrow the US government and the corporati kelliekat44 Jun 2013 #8

I was never afraid of terrorism. I watched the towers burn upaloopa Jun 2013 #10

Few people thought the towers would collapse. kentuck Jun 2013 #13

"I do not see 9-11 as the awful thing other people see it as." geek tragedy Jun 2013 #24

I mean that we never should have or needed to have a war on terror. upaloopa Jun 2013 #27

Equally. Laelth Jun 2013 #11

Not then. Not now. Our governments reaction to it is far more scary. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #12

Wasn't afraid then, am not afraid now. I am though disgusted at what fear allowed to transpire NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 #15

I was not fearful then. I am not fearful now. LWolf Jun 2013 #16

I was never fearful. nt G_j Jun 2013 #17

I wasn't afraid that day. I'm not now. Solly Mack Jun 2013 #18

On 9/11/01 I was inhaling other human beings that had been geek tragedy Jun 2013 #19

Although I wasn't afraid on 9/11 ( I live in NC) octoberlib Jun 2013 #39

Yeah, not knowing whether she was buried under rubble kind of sucked. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #40

i was not fearful then or now JI7 Jun 2013 #20

Same here. randome Jun 2013 #45

More. Thanks to gun nuttery proliferation and the NRAGOP. nt onehandle Jun 2013 #21

still at the bottom of any of my fears of things that could hurt me. KG Jun 2013 #23

I wasn't fearful back then. I was fearful of the clown circus Cleita Jun 2013 #25

Hear, hear! Laelth Jun 2013 #28

To take your last point one step further, would we trust any geek tragedy Jun 2013 #29

Precisely. Laelth Jun 2013 #32

Wow! That's an interesting hypothesis and Cleita Jun 2013 #31

You are very welcome. n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #33

Exactly the same amount. Which is to say, ZERO. n/t Duer 157099 Jun 2013 #30

I guess so. I wasn't afraid then either. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #35

Not in the slightest. a la izquierda Jun 2013 #36

No, the chances are almost nothing. 9/11 will never happen again unless someone gets a nuke. n-t Logical Jun 2013 #38

hmmm, fearful... I want not fearful either then or now but... Ohio Joe Jun 2013 #41

I was never afraid. BlueStater Jun 2013 #42

I think there is more chance of AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #43

Haven't changed HarveyDarkey Jun 2013 #44

What made me most fearful that day SteveG Jun 2013 #46