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11/9: Time to Move On

Tuesday 11th September 2007 · No Comments

The 11th September (or 9/11, as it is regrettably and, for British people, incorrectly called) has rolled around once more and yet again tearful victims and relatives gather at the World Trade Center (or “Centre”) and the Pentagon to commemorate the lives of those who died on that day. The ceremony is as big as it ever was (the New York Times have done a good job of summarising all the different events).

But, six years on, surely enough is enough, at the very least for the emotional well-being of those most directly affected by the tragic events of that Tuesday morning. Life goes on, and yet every year victims and relatives are dragged back to the memory of the most vulnerable time in their lives – they are reminded that they will always be “the victims of 9/11″ and they will forever live in the shadow of that fateful day.

Six years on, the world missed an opportunity to draw a line in the sand and scale down the size of the 9/11 commemorations. We, the Western world, should move on and show to those that wish to do us harm that no long-term consequences will come of it. That we will, in short, survive and not exist in a state of perpetual victimhood.

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