The Post 9/11 World

9/11 has caused loads of changes, mainly Americans are freaked out and afraid of all Muslims or all Arabs, and the US government is using our fear to gain support, and the actual terrorists in the Middle East are just about getting everything they want because ever since we invaded more and more people are beginning to hate us enough to join them and blow themselves up.

Wow, that's about the longest sentence ever!

I feel that since 9/11 occurred, the United States has totally changed. I think that the attack came as a huge shock to the entire country and woke many people up to the fact that what we do and the choices that the government makes affect the entire world’s view of us. People started to watch the news and started to care about what was happening in the Middle East. In a way it was good because it brought people back to reality and helped send a message to the country, however, it wasn’t worth the pain and lies that were lost. It makes me realize that we should have been more aware to begin with and it shouldn’t have taken an attack and all the deaths that resulted to pull us together as a country.
So many lives were lost and the scene and pictures that were shown sent waves of fear and sorrow to everyone causing unity, but we shouldn’t have been so apart to begin with and we shouldn’t have been so separated from the rest of the world. We learn about other countries everyday in history, and yet we still seem to think that it is all in the classroom. We are very lucky to have what we do, but we must realize that there are people in the world that don’t have anything and they need help. I feel that post 9/11 everything changed and opened us up to a world that we had turned away from because of our own ignorance.

After 9/11 the biggest thing that changed was the airport system, now there are puffers, and you can't take any type of liquid on the plane, you get "dangerous weapons" A.K.A. you tweezers and your toe nail clippers taken away because obviously with those two, you can cause some serious havvoc. the aiport deal is huge but also the racism took a giant leap after that, before that, everything was neutral and vague and nobody really cared what eachother was doing or who they were, but now every one are eyeing the people with turbans or veils which is totally unfair, the only unification happened with the americans for like a month, everyone had american flags posted everywhere but eventually they all came down, and nowadays american flags are as extinct as Dodo birds

WhatShouldMyNameBe7 wrote:

Things in this world have definately changed post 9/11. People have become more aware of their surroundings and other parts of the globe. Also, more security precautions are being taken, especially in airports. People have the fear of terrorists instilled in them. They have the fear that, at any moment, a terrorist attack can happen. People take more care doing everyday actions and show more love towards people.

True for many people, but theoretical for many others. It seems as if, after a brief rush of concern for their hides, a lot of people have just sank back into not really caring. Even worse, some have done a complete about-face and said that, well, if we just leave them alone they won't hurt us. (Technically, that's what we were doing when 9/11 happened, so that line of thought doesn't seem to work...)

It's very important to maintain at least some level of alertness -- not paranoia (there's plenty of people hard at work with that, believe me), just vigilance. Fear of something can be used to one's advantage -- for example, using one's fear of terrorism to find ways to better protect oneself. If one allows the fear to paralyze him, he becomes more vulnerable than ever; which is why I said no paranoia, just vigilance.

Italy801, did you know that a large percentage of those detained in guantanamo bay have yet to be charged with a crime? We are not scaring "little terrorist children" by torturing people who may or may no be innocent.
Secondly, i think a big change, for the worse, after 9/11 was the institution of the Patriot Act. This alows email monitering, searches without a warrant and phone taps to be made on anyone who pisses off or scares our government. Also this allows John Ashcroft do designate entire groups of people as terrorists and detain and export them from the country if he wishes. Going to far? i think so.

Things have changed for both, now getting through the airport is crazy, but now the pressure is up for the terrorists so our country is safer.

Since 9/11 security has been much tighter, there has been a war against terrorism. I think the US has changed for the worse, it has recently been extremely hard to travel by plane. Border security is much tighter, and all around people are much more worried about terrorists striking the US again.

Lots of things have changed since 9/11/01. things like airport security got a lot more strict. and it seems like there is more fear in the public

After 9/11 are contry became torn between fighting the terrorists, or not fighting them. We also developed extremely tight security in our airports and borders. This makes it almost unbearable to try to travel. I think that because of these reasons after 9/11 our country has changed for the worse.

People are defiantly more afraid to fly on airplanes because every year or so somebody finds a way to endanger the people on an aircraft (liquids). So people are afraid there will be something new.

Peopla are more afraid to fly now. Security is now heightened but sometimes it is to high and inconveinences people. I have spent an dhour in the airport because I had a bottle of hairwash in my carry-on bag. Then we have imprisoned some muslims that we think are terrorists that are not. I am not saying that they arent all terrorist but some we have captured aren't.

9/11 was bound to happen, and by all means it was terrible, but it accoplished something that we couldn't do ourselves. 9/11 put the idea into our heads that even though we are a powerful country, we are not superior to other countries. I think that one reason why people are so angy about 9/11 is that fact exactly, people don't want to realize that 9/11 was possible because this country is not perfect...and it shouldn't be, no country that is in any way diverse can be perfect.

9/11 has definately changed how this country views the world. A lot of people don't trust people from outside the USA and that may never change. I've seen a lot of people change their minds about president Bush since 9/11 because of the decisions that he has made.

buffallochlo wrote:

I think America is fearful now. Before 9/11, i don't think the word terrorism even crossed anyone's mind, but now that word is all you hear. I think as a result of the attack and the war on Iraq, we've become prejudice towards those of a middle eastern background. It's so idiotic that somehow and entire race has become a terriorist group to many americans.

One thing to note is that the news does not cover very much of the iraq war, it is almost as if we are sick of hearing about it, or desensitized. Of course the world is still fearful of plane attacks and everything else in the example of the accidental plane being flown into a building in NY. America is scared, but not always at the right things.

Many things have changed since 9/11, almost all for the worst. 9/11 instilled amazing amounts of fear in people, which has been used vindicate countless atrocities. No matter what the intention, our government can do anything in the name of “public safety” and “freedom”. Including things like the patriot act, allowing the government to hold “suspected terrorists” in Cuban prisons without a fair trial that is “guaranteed” under our constitution.

Stereotypes, Agression, Fear, And a wrecked world is what we have accomplished after 9/11. It makes most of us world-weary to think about it.

In my opinion, our country has changed for the worst. We are now in two wars, one in Iraq, and one in Afghanistan that shows no sign of stopping. We have many countries against us, and we're surrounded by conflict. The stereotypes about Muslims/Arabs are now even worse. Everyone, whether they admit it or not, links terrorists to Arabs. They are being judged and stereotyped 200% more after 9/11.

Hey now, war rules! YAY For war and President Bush.

After 9/11 our counrty has changed. The good ways it has changed is that we are joining together to help one another. The bad is that it brought us war and more terror. everywhere we go has more security. Our government is more tight on the boarders.

the world is completely different. now everyone is running scared from people from a culture they don't even know. flying internationally is now a huge procedure when it really doesn't have to be. there is a reason to be cautious and watchful, but not to be predujdiced and against an entire culture. it makes no sense to be so afraid all the time

Has the world really changed?

The last time I checked terrorism is nothing new at all, and has been considered even a military tactic for the past several centuries. Those who continue to cry "war crimes" in reference to the acts of the Saudis killing thousands of civilians (remember that those who committed the crime were indeed Wahhabis, not Sunnis, Shi'ah, etc.) need to remember the word "Hiroshima."

Not much has really changed at all