Some disturbing perspectives
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Based on a lot of observing, conversations, & thinking since yesterday, I couldn't help but speculate on these disturbing perspectives:
all the hijackers -- feeling an air of invincibility about them, fearing nothing since they've reconciled their fates:
our brave actions will change the course of humanity forever.. our lives will be well spent in further realizing our worthy cause!
passengers at initial moment of hijacking:
oh my god.. oh my god.. i can't believe this is happening.. i'm going to be sick to my stomach.. oh my god..
scared passengers on both flights looking out windows, dawning on a terrifying realization:
they're not diverting us to another country? where are we going?! why are we flying so low?? no! no! no!!
office workers turning towards approaching jet engine noise:
OH S***!
pushed to the edge in desperation & panic.. some trapped people fall & jump from the towers:
better a quick death than being burned alive.. [stomachs clenched, eyes closed, overwhelmed by the effects of g-force and the tremendous rush of air]
hijackers in the 2nd plane, in visual range of target, given a morale boost:
look! our compatriots successfully carried out their attack! we must not fail in ours! let us gloriously complete this! [bank the wings 45 degrees for maximum structural damage spread..] no pain, no time for pain.. this will be over in the blink of an eye
executives and staff on top floors of both towers, who likely had numerous advantages in life going for them:
oh my god.. oh my god.. this can't be happening, it can't end like this! not now.. oh please god, let me get out of this alive..
various observers, remarking on further ramifications:
I wonder how much asbestos is in that air..
better load up on gas.. stock up on everything..
what's going to happen to my investments?
how can I profit from this? I wonder what plays I should make in the market when it reopens..
thanks to the criminal jerks of the world here comes the further erosion of our personal liberties.. from no longer being able to leave your bikes on your lawns and having not to lock up everything 20 years ago and being free to light fireworks in every city.. to ever-tightening gun control laws.. and now this.. this inevitable approach of the police state
the end times are closer than ever.. Revelations..
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[Finally, I'd like to offer my own analysis on this event.]
In the big picture this is just another evolution in human society. Two forces collide, neither willing to back down. This will escalate in fits and starts until an equilibrium point is established through a war of attrition, and even before then humanity will characteristically be well into its next point of conflict.
Repeat this process until a workable common ground is roughly pounded out for all, at least until evolutionary drifts once again create too much disparity for peace to bear.
History/Evolution is an enormously multi-factored process. No individual or mere group of individuals can bear 100% of whatever is to be blamed. Every individual automatically tries their personal best within the seen & unseen boundaries of their circumstances, contributing to matching societal forces accordingly. If we wish to effect change for the better, we are already doing it, or else our circumstances do not permit us to.
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Based on a lot of observing, conversations, & thinking since yesterday, I couldn't help but speculate on these disturbing perspectives:
all the hijackers -- feeling an air of invincibility about them, fearing nothing since they've reconciled their fates:
our brave actions will change the course of humanity forever.. our lives will be well spent in further realizing our worthy cause!
passengers at initial moment of hijacking:
oh my god.. oh my god.. i can't believe this is happening.. i'm going to be sick to my stomach.. oh my god..
scared passengers on both flights looking out windows, dawning on a terrifying realization:
they're not diverting us to another country? where are we going?! why are we flying so low?? no! no! no!!
office workers turning towards approaching jet engine noise:
OH S***!
pushed to the edge in desperation & panic.. some trapped people fall & jump from the towers:
better a quick death than being burned alive.. [stomachs clenched, eyes closed, overwhelmed by the effects of g-force and the tremendous rush of air]
hijackers in the 2nd plane, in visual range of target, given a morale boost:
look! our compatriots successfully carried out their attack! we must not fail in ours! let us gloriously complete this! [bank the wings 45 degrees for maximum structural damage spread..] no pain, no time for pain.. this will be over in the blink of an eye
executives and staff on top floors of both towers, who likely had numerous advantages in life going for them:
oh my god.. oh my god.. this can't be happening, it can't end like this! not now.. oh please god, let me get out of this alive..
various observers, remarking on further ramifications:
I wonder how much asbestos is in that air..
better load up on gas.. stock up on everything..
what's going to happen to my investments?
how can I profit from this? I wonder what plays I should make in the market when it reopens..
thanks to the criminal jerks of the world here comes the further erosion of our personal liberties.. from no longer being able to leave your bikes on your lawns and having not to lock up everything 20 years ago and being free to light fireworks in every city.. to ever-tightening gun control laws.. and now this.. this inevitable approach of the police state
the end times are closer than ever.. Revelations..
===
[Finally, I'd like to offer my own analysis on this event.]
In the big picture this is just another evolution in human society. Two forces collide, neither willing to back down. This will escalate in fits and starts until an equilibrium point is established through a war of attrition, and even before then humanity will characteristically be well into its next point of conflict.
Repeat this process until a workable common ground is roughly pounded out for all, at least until evolutionary drifts once again create too much disparity for peace to bear.
History/Evolution is an enormously multi-factored process. No individual or mere group of individuals can bear 100% of whatever is to be blamed. Every individual automatically tries their personal best within the seen & unseen boundaries of their circumstances, contributing to matching societal forces accordingly. If we wish to effect change for the better, we are already doing it, or else our circumstances do not permit us to.