Personal Effects of September 11

"After September 11, we will never be the same."
This statement may prove impossible to evaluate in any pragmatic sense and should indeed elicit various contrasting responses from different people. Therein, I suppose, lies the point of this exercise and I have no doubt this quote will stimulate heated discussion for years to come. The answer, of course, is "true"; and the answer, of course, is "false". The effects of September 11 might be properly evaluated on a number of levels- physical, psychological, political.
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