As a family yesterday, we took time to put out our American flag and offer a prayer to the families, victims and citizens impacted by this terrible event. I remember where I was 9 years ago when this all started to unfold, and looking back is still brings mixed emotions.
There are many in the news, on blogs, and other sources of media discussing the response of our country to this event, the wars, the anti-muslim events, and the list goes on. This was an act of war on our country. Many citizens lost their lives, both on the planes and on the ground. This was conducted by terrible individuals that took innocent lives in the name of their god or religious views - was it not. We see all the hate in these foreign countries towards America, towards us as citizens. They burn flags, bibles, and the list goes on, yet we turn the other cheek.
America changed on 9/11, time we all face that. We can't go back, we can't undo that change. Our lives changed, our families changed, and now we go forward in a new order. Security, border control, and yes - a view of who is sitting next to us, and who may or may not be hiding intentions to hurt us. America doesn't have open arms anymore, others hurt those arms. America doesn't have patience left anymore, other took advantage of that, America is low on Tolerance, others stole that.
As we reflected on what happend that September day, we also reflected on how things have changed in the last 9 years, and where we are heading. Interesting times.
Scott Arnett
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Thank you for your comments. I agree with you, and we struggle everyday to keep our hard feelings towards Muslims in check. My wife lost a cousin in tower 1. I really hit home to that entire family. It changed all our lives.
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