tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758379166665957273.post271057145312854765..comments2023-05-18T10:30:59.016-05:00Comments on The Conservative Cloakroom: "We will never forget" has been forgotten: The third JihadCasey Brown-Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191343133314666720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758379166665957273.post-61894706509084366662009-04-27T08:23:00.000-05:002009-04-27T08:23:00.000-05:009/11 was like a movie in more ways than one. Most ...9/11 was like a movie in more ways than one. Most people saw its incredible visual form unfold on TV, so on a cognitive level they just bunch it with special effects-heavy Hollywood films. For whatever reason (possibly fear, possibly disbelief) lots of us seem more comfortable with classifying 9/11 in a fictional, did-it-really-happen kind of sense. It's just easier than facing up to the reality of what actually happened.<br /><br />I was in Manhattan on 9/11. I may have just been a British kid on vacation, but it had a profound and lasting effect on me. It's a shame that people who insist that the terror threat is 'made up' didn't share that experience.--https://www.blogger.com/profile/04939305136742994036noreply@blogger.com