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“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

9/11

I spent a fair amount of time yesterday thinking about how best to remember 9/11 and didn't really come up with anything that suited. And then I ran across this post by PZ Myers:

I'm not impressed with moments of silence or candlelight vigils or noble rhetoric about this event. If you want to do something to remember that tragedy, the best thing to do is to simply stop living your life in fear.

That, it seems to me, is indeed the best way to honor the dead. It's a poke in the eye to those who did the deeds, and also to those who have exploited them for their own purposes.
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