I was a young teenager at boarding school in Canada when 9/11 happened. And said boarding school liked to keep us in the dark when it came to media; no TV, magazines, or newspapers, and relatively little internet (and certainly no encouragement to use it for news).
I have a difficult time feeling outrage over this. I feel despair and disgust and disgrace. It's that sense of numbness you mentioned - I wasn't able to have a voice in what happened, and it presently feels like the ball is rolling and there's not much I can do to help deviate it from its path. (Except vote for Obama. Yay, Obama. The cheer heard around the nation started in my home town!)
I tend to be of the opinion that the only way real change will occur is through the phasing out of more conservative voters and politicians, but that's going to happen only so fast unless term limits in the House and Senate are implemented. :/
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Date: 2011-12-20 01:11 am (UTC)I have a difficult time feeling outrage over this. I feel despair and disgust and disgrace. It's that sense of numbness you mentioned - I wasn't able to have a voice in what happened, and it presently feels like the ball is rolling and there's not much I can do to help deviate it from its path. (Except vote for Obama. Yay, Obama. The cheer heard around the nation started in my home town!)
I tend to be of the opinion that the only way real change will occur is through the phasing out of more conservative voters and politicians, but that's going to happen only so fast unless term limits in the House and Senate are implemented. :/