I got an alert that you posted and had to reread the alert...it's been so long my friend. Naturally you come back an knock it out of the part. I'm always amazed at your writing skills.

9/11 changed the mindset of many who could be persuaded, it further cemented the fears of those that already held onto hatred, and it striped citizens of their privacy still to this day. So much changed due to that day which would have never been imaginable to the people before that event. Things we now consider normal would never have been accepted.

As a parent with 2 kids 12 & 8 years old it's interesting how they see the events of 9/11 vs those of us that lived it. They get it was a big deal, but they have no connection to the event itself. Just as they don't get the Berlin Wall falling, the Challenger exploding as kids across the US watched live in school, and so many other event. Instead these are all footnotes in our very long history.

Does this help or hurt the ability of these kids to learn from the past while not becoming consumed by the hatred that was instilled in so many who watched the towers burn and fall? Not sure.

Now as for the movie, I am going to need to watch it again from a different perspective. Think I watched it, laughed at it, and didn't give much thought to what the story line was saying/teaching.

Hope we get to catch up now that you are back around.