Sorry for the randomness of this topic, but I was just thinking about 9/11. Now, people say that we (USA) have changed how we view the world. But the thing is, before 9/11 I was but a young 7th grade lad. So basically all I remember concerning politics is post-9/11. Therefore, I do not truely know the impact 9/11 had on the US/world. Can anyone who feels they have an answer please respond.

PS: I know that a lot of you guys are not from the USA, but this event likely still had an impact on your lives. Please specify if you are from the US or not.

It gave greedy corporations an excuse to jack up oil prices to a record high that hadn't been seen in more than 20 years.

It also put military spending at a record high but instead of using the money to improve equipment, it's being wasted on statues and renovations that end up getting blown up again as well as being used to pay for hornets that fly the president onto aircraft carriers and perform flight maneuvers that no one cares about.

9/11 also gave paranoid xenophobes an excuse to point fingers at brown people who wear turbans.  I guess you can also blame it as an excuse for corrupt politicians to get ill-informed voters to support them... you know, all of life's problems stem around 9/11.  Got cancer?  Dust from the WTC caused it.  Diabeetus?  9/11.  Mexican stealing your job?  It's because some towelhead blew up the towers.  9/11.  nine-eleven.  nyan-ee-leven.

it gave the usa an excuse to abuse human rights and do just about anything in the name of national defense/war on terror

I was on snopes.com today and I noticed that the Top 25 Legends are pretty much all spam e-mails about :
A) SOMEONE IS BEING UNPATRIOTIC. BOYCOTT THEM NOW!!! (See: Barack Obama is Muslim, refuses to pledge allegiance to the flag; Starbucks makes 9/11 rescuers pay for water; new U.S. coins omit the phrase "In God We Trust") -
B) A CELEBRITY IS DOING UN-CHRISTIAN THINGS. MAY JESUS CHRIST SAVE US. (See: Kathy Griffin)

So basically, snopes.com has showed me that 9/11 has increased the concentration of fucking gullible idiots as well as the concentration of ultra-conservative stupid SUPPORT AMERICA KILL ARABS/TERRORISTS (same thing) people

Ask your dad.

And if his answer sucks, ask your friends dad.

It gave us the Post 9/11 board.

So basically, snopes.com has showed me that 9/11 has increased the concentration of fucking gullible idiots as well as the concentration of ultra-conservative stupid SUPPORT AMERICA KILL ARABS/TERRORISTS (same thing) people

i am 100% certain those spam emails come from bored teenagers.  religious people don't believe in computers, duh.

So much has changed in this post 9/11 world that just can't be mentioned.

This is only kind of related but


I saw a bumper sticker on someone's car the other day that said "If you can read this, thank a teacher.  If it's in English, thank a soldier."  with a big American flag by it.

I AM GLAD WE ARE PROTECTING OUR LANGUAGE FROM BEING OVERTAKEN BY OTHER COUNTRIES (OUR LANGUAGE(NOT YOURS((FUKKIN BRITS))

I now understand why we were attacked and why we're at war.  I mean, think about it--the terrorists are really winning.  They wanted to overtake our language, and now that we've been attacked we're saying terrorist words like Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden and Al Jazeera like every day!  We have to go to war with them so we can reclaim English for America!

it made my rrsp drop

Velfarre, that's awesome.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1L5RSWX40AVMU/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&ASIN=B0002U6ND6#wasThisHelpful

holy fuck


IF THE JAPANESE HAD WON WE MIGHT NOT BE SPEAKING JAPANESE BUT WE SURE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS BUMPER STICKER

(this isn't the exact one i saw of course because like i said this one had a big ol' american flag)

It's made it really easy to remember my wedding anniversary  (9/11 never forget)

After 9/11, everything became more politically correct. Also We all became Person of the Year in Time Magazine (lame)

I don't live in US and I don't think it affected my life but I wonder what would be happening right now if they didn't do it?

After 9/11 I noticed a lot of people blasting a large shoop da whoop beam of hatred and bigotry towards American Iraqis and other races... but maybe thats just because I live in the south.

holy shit do you mention that in all of your posts (this is the second time i've seen you do it) because if so you will be banned pretty fast



that shit doesn't belong on gw

After 9/11, everything became more politically correct.

ahahahahahahahahahahahaahahaha

the opposite of this.

I don't live in US and I don't think it affected my life but I wonder what would be happening right now if they didn't do it?

I'm assuming you mean if they didn't bomb the World Trade Centers.

And who knows.  We (us here in the U.S.) would probably be in the beginning of a whole new age of prosperity.  Bush might have been able to focus his energy more on his ranch and stroke, further emphasizing how pampered a breed we really are.