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On a positive note this corresponds closely with the time I started meeting all of you personally. I still fondly remember those days of fear right after and how empty that made the parks for us to play in.

But yeah, the culture of fear that spawned and is still with us in silly security checks and annoying invasions of privacy makes me think the terrorists were at least successful in defeating that aspect of the American ideal. I also remember how much the rest of the world loved us in those moments after and how quickly we squandered all that good will.