Fuck Allah!

The hijackers ... jerked the plane violently to the left and right during the struggle. They tried to cut off the oxygen as passengers banged on the cockpit door. In the end, as the passengers were either in the cockpit or moments from entering it, the hijackers turned the plane upside down -- and crashed it.

"Allah is the greatest!" one screamed nine times as the plane went down. The recording then went dead.

No one, no matter how hard they try, will convince me to accept that most Muslims aren't anything more than thugs and monsters. They are all to blame because indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil. Each, in their own way, gave into a culture of terrorist menality.

There is a useful quote about indifference that I would like to use: "When they came for the socialists I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. When they came for the homosexuals I did not speak out because I was not a homosexual. When they came for the Jews I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. When they came for me there was no one left to speak for me." This sums up a society that allows horrible teachings and actions to go on without good people lifting a finger to prevent them. In truth, they are not good people because indifference to pain and suffering turns them into something else.

Terrorism must be outlawed by all cililized nations -- not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children.

I will end by noting that everyday I remember 9/11, I will always remember the victims, even as I struggle to invent a thousand and one reasons to hope that the world will someday be without terrorism.