During that fateful day, a question on everyone's mind was a simple "who did this?" For a few hours we were left in the dark, waiting for an answer. As we waited, we grew more impatient. It was at this time that the media told us that our heroes in the government have figured out who it was. They told us it was a terrorist organization based in the Middle East. The resounding unanimous response was “Let’s go get them!”
Think about that for a moment. We took not a second to consider the possibility that maybe they had a good reason, at least in their minds. This shows that we need our scapegoats. We were hurt and we wanted to find out who hurt us, only so we could hurt them back. We do not “waste our time” figuring out “why,” we simply believed our leaders that they were “evil.” Not only is this illogical, but it makes our world seem incredibly black and white, and anyone with a brain knows that is far from the truth.
“As the comedian Mark Thomas pointed out, to tell us not to think about why the terrorists chose to blow up the WTC, and to just be content with the explanation "They did it because they are Evil" is like telling a doctor not to worry about the causes of his patient's symptoms, because the cause is obviously evil demons.”
-http://www.babylonproject.org/wtc.html
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