"it does not make them any less special or valuable either."
That's true, and it's not like I hated the people who died or was glad they were dead or anything like that, I just didn't think it was as big of a deal as people made it out to be. I'm sure everybody remembers the response most americans had for this. It was kind of ridiculous.
Really though, even to this day I can't start to put personal feelings into the event. It's just impossible for me to get my head around things like war, I try to explain them psychologically but still... The only feeling that comes out of it is outrage at humans or human animals.
Also when I said that suffering and dying is everywhere I wasn't necessarily trying to cop out per se but merely get accross the fact that part of the problem with things is that humanity isn't perfectly human. It's not that terrorists or Islam is bad, but that humanity, and furthermore, the universe and nature is what's really causing these types of problems.
I think the total lack of awareness for reality is perpetuating these circumstances as well, and if people want to lack awareness then they should expect problems from their ignorance and hatred. This goes both ways.
Basically i think the response to 9/11 was animalistic and lacking any type of direction towards progression or making the world a happier place, as such, to me, it was lackluster and devoid of any relative meaning. We respond to animals by being animals, consequently we become animals in our behaviors and thoughts.
As for vonneguht I think he's a good and creative writer, perhaps a genius would be appropriate but I haven't read enough of his work to know. He's so hilarious, though
Which books have you read, and which ones make you think he's a genius?
The thing I like most about his books though is that they are kind of simple. His books are so easy to read, you can just flow through them. It's like reading robert anton wilson, despite the simplicity there's a level of complexity or deep story telling.
AT A LAUGH SUDDENLY A SALMON EGG ESCAPED KILGORE TROUT'S MOUTH AND RESTED IN THE CLEAVAGE OF THE WOMAN