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Originally Posted by Coys1882
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.
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Even as far as atrocities and acts of violence goe, 9/11 was relatively small compared to what we see happen occasionally in other parts of the world. The ensuing wars that came around after 9/11 saw much greater civilian casualties. Not to diminish the tragedy at all because it was huge and life changing to all of us, and it is inappropriate to put a scale on these events, but the fact that it happened to "us" and that it was partially televised, magnifies the event in a lot of ways. We all caught a glimpse into something evil that usually only people directly involved get to see. We could relate to it more because it was in our neighbourhood, figuratively speaking.