Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Malcolm Post # 5
After John F. Kennedy, one of America's most popular presidents was assassinated, Malcolm X was quoted as saying that the murder in Dallas is an example of "the chickens coming home to roost" (Malcolm X). In effect he was trying to reason that there was some sort of justice in this horrific act. This brings to mind our nation's most devastating tragedy, the 9/11 attacks. If anyone tried to justify these attacks against America, I could easily see how that person's life would be in danger. The attacks happened nearly 8 years ago, and i can remember the feeling of despair as if it were yesterday, I remember feeling nervous every time I heard a plane flu overhead. I'm not alone in mu concerns. According to a study by Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "children that have experienced the attacks... were 21 times more likely to have emotional problems or to e anxious or depressed" (http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/news-201964-31.html). As i read Malcolm X's quote regarding Kennedy, it angered me to think someone could actuall feel anyone's assassination would be justifies, and that's when i made the connection to the assassinations of the victims of 9/11.
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I don't know if I can fully agree with your opinion here Connor. Many assassinations can be justified...the United States does it all the time. One of the primary reasons we went to war was to find and kill Osama Bin Laden. I also don't understand the connection between your anxiety and the children living in Manhattan during the time of the Terrorist attacks. Were you as directly affected by the attacks as they were? I know that if my home town was attacked by terrorists I would have a completely different outlook on the situation than a person who read about it or saw it on the news.
Sorry about tearing this to pieces
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