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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
As for September 11th, I've said this before and got shot down for it, but none have adequately address it to my satisfaction. Approximately 3,000 people died in the attacks in NYC. While this is absolutely horrific and obviously and attrocity that cannot be ignored.... 3,000 people is the same number of people that die EACH AND EVERY DAY from malaria. There doesn't seem to be the same call to arms to fight malaria as opposed to the resources that have been spent on the response to September 11th. I'm not exactly sure why that is.
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This isn't an issue with morality or what's more important to humanity, 9/11 is important because of the impact it made on people's lives who until that date only worried if their cable was working.
Malaria is a disease that is common in countries where people are born and raised with it in their consciousness. I'm not saying curing Malaria isn't more important but asking 9/11 not to have the system shock that it did is a little naive.