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Remembered: The day that changed the universe forever™

It was a day that will stand in infamy, a day that no one, not even an Alzheimer's sufferer, will ever forget. But it is also one that we must remember. Forever.

How many of us can purge our minds of that violent image of the plane violating the twin towers of freedom? I will tell you: none. And as we watch the mindlessly pornographic footage again and again in the hope of divining some meaning from this madness, how many of us has looked deep into themselves and thought: why are we so cruel to ourselves, our own race? Again, the answer is none.

A recent survey confirmed what we all knew: that the sight of innocent men and women — purchasers of DVD players and washing powder just like you and me — clinging to the guts of the building until they decided it was better to fall to their deaths than risk the burning red hot fire is something that has had a greater impact on the world that any previous historical event, including The Big Bang.

As we watch the images of weeping victims, their lives ruined, until the videotape grows thin and the lines flicker on the screen like so many lives that were snuffed out, we should all reflect on how awful it was and, if we can, try to allow ourselves to pretend we can feel the same emotions.

Tens of hundreds of billions of gallons of innocence were lost that day. From the streets of Belfast, to the woods of Sierra Leone, the hills of Colombia and the casbah of Algiers, people who had never seen or even heard of such inhumanity broke down on their knees. And they all cried out in one voice: tell me more, tell me of the pain and suffering that others have been through, let me spend money on assorted 9/11 memorabilia, let me cry also, because I'm hurting too.

It is hard to even imagine that humankind will continue on this planet. But it will and it must, if only to make sure that some good came out of evil. We must learn of course — learn that we should not, must not, destroy each other in pointless acts of violence. Learn that only by constantly reviewing it and allowing ourselves the humanity to almost enjoy the sight of others' misery can we expect to improve ourselves.

We must link the experience with the most deep-rooted aspects of our psyche so we can never think a thought or buy a good without allowing our emotions to take control over our rational minds. It should be the duty of every man to watch the pictures and try to cry, cup their balls and stroke their penises, to attach the events of 9/11 to our sexual identity. Only in this way can we hope to properly understand the terrible, awful time that happened so quickly — too quickly.

We must unite as a race and stand behind the government of the country most affected — the United States. This is the defining moment for our race and every race. Let us hope that next time innocents are murdered they are not in English-speaking countries or captured on camera. In the meantime, we must keeping watching those taped news reports, however painful it may be.

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