Reflections on 9/11

I am very glad that today I am not in America.

Not because there are silly videos of bin Laden, not because of some copycat threat, and not because of fear. I am glad to be missing out on the constant bickering and political discussion that always comes with this day. Whether it be the latest ultra-left conspiracy theory or the neo-con nutbag using today as an excuse for racism. I'm sick of the lives of those lost being used to further personal and political agendas, not only by politicians but by the pundits among the masses on either side. It doesn't matter if you make movies or just engage in coffee shop drama. For the sake of those who died today, please STFU.

It's sick it really is.

If you wish to talk about lives lost, how about Hurricane Katrina, which would have been much less fatal if FEMA was operating correctly. But no... that was a natural disaster, and 9/11 was an attack. Either way the most damage was done by human error in one way or another so I don't think that it's too far off for comparison. But who in the world remembers the anniversary of Katrina? I know a friend of mine who lost her home to it does, do you?

But here in Thailand it's just another day. I'm sore from training, I'm really hungry from training, and everyone is going on with their lives. Including those in the far south of Thailand where cars still blow up thanks to the same kind of extremists that attacked America years ago.

Lesson learned from the Thai people; you have to move on like those in Katrina have, and it's going to be impossible in America while people still use 9/11 as an excuse to get on their little soapbox and depress the crap out of everyone.

/END RANT