Words find tortuous paths to express the feeling of desolation, fear and aversion for the series of attacks that shook not only American society, but also the entire Western world and a significant portion of the Eastern world.
Unable to find an explanation (even if acceptable), we see ourselves exposed as individuals and as members of a society. For those who do not have losses directly linked to the attacks, This is the break of one of the main global trends: the feeling of humanity.
After the horrible scenes of World War II and the tension of the Cold War, We were promised that the world would be different. Even though inequality between people and people is increasing, violent conflicts seemed to have their days numbered, surviving only in some more distant places (geographical distance or in the imaginary).
These attacks served as a warning that the world's problems and the distance between people and cultures are still a long way from being supplanted by a single idea of being human and, therefore, of a destiny shared by all Humanity.
The moment demands reflection. If, on the one hand, we must help in whatever way possible to find the promoters of this unacceptable act,, on the other hand, we cannot allow an enemy (and possible culprit) be elected to, then, be destroyed. The best answer we can give is dialogue. More than guilty, we have to find the causes.
We cannot simply assume the position of victims seeking revenge; we must be open to all answers, even because this may be the result of a refusal by the West to dialogue with other cultures (if these are attacks of this nature).
There is no doubt that the day 11 September 2001 opens a new moment in world history. However, The profile of this future is in our hands: it can be a period of violent and cowardly clash between different cultures or a period in which dialogue will stop being a mere instrument of rhetoric and will become the pillar of our lives.
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Yes I – N. 3 – Special – September 2001
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