"In a post 9/11 world . . ."

[mykpart]

Is anyone else as sick of this expression as I am? It seems to preceed every excuse there is for any POS Republicans want to do.

[napi21]

1. You don't know how many times I've yelled at my TV....

"DAMN IT! STOPP WITH THAT SAME DAMN EXCUSE, YOU AH!"

YES, I'm damn sick of it! I think I'm going to start using "In the PRESENT Bush World, my thinking is totally different!" At least THAT would be the damn truth!

[mykpart]

5. I really hate it when Bush uses it and smirks,

as if he has just come up with a brilliant remark to remind us all of something we were to stupid to remember.

[Blackthorn]

2. And not to mention its utter crap.

In Australia, we have our own little terrorism scare plan. On all buses now there are little signs saying "A Bag without a Person Doesn't Make Sense".

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?

So, in a post 9/11 world, lost property is not lost property, it's a bomb.

[Kutjara]

4. And a person without a bag is a eunuch.

Sorry, that just popped into my head. ;)

[Kutjara]

3. One of the things I find most nauseating...

...is the Americocentric arrogance of it. 9/11 was an attack on America, not the world. We may as well say 'a post-7/7 world (the London Underground bombings) or a 'post 3/11 world' (the Madrid train bombings), or even a 'post 7/11 world' (the Mumbai train bombings). The insistence on defining the world in terms of America is not just semantic. It speaks of a mindset that places this country above all others; that elevates its concerns above those of other countries.

Maybe the Iranians could start pushing the meme of a 'post 8/53 world' (the CIA overthrow of President Mossadeq), or the Chileans could talk of a 'post 9/73 world' (Pinochet's US-assisted coup), or Salvadoreans could talk...need I go on?

This is not a 'post-9/11 world.' It is, however, a 'post-9/11 America.' And we've all learned how bad a place that is.

[Blackthorn]

6. Don't forget Bali and the Australian Embassy in Indonesia n/t