[sspadowsky]

OK, OAO, I've read your reasoning, and I'm officially judging you to be stupid.

Years ago, I worked in a steel foundry. There were large amounts of dust, sand, and flakes of metal floating through the air- you could see it. We had to wear air filters on our faces because the air quality was so poor. One of the guys I worked with eventually went on disability because he never wore his air filter, and was constantly exposed to all that crap, on top of having his face directly over sand that was mixed with some pretty horrendous chemicals. Last I heard, he was carting an oxygen tank around with him.

Now, let's think of the air in NYC on 9-11. We all saw the pics. It was about five million times worse than the place I just described. If you don't think that such a scenario might even be vaguely harmful, you're a fucking complete waste and should be sterilized before you can contaminate the gene pool.

But I'll indulge you, in spite of your positively confounding stupidity. Here's a little compare & contrast.

NYC before 9-11: "*sniff* Jesus, that dead bum over there really reeks."
After 9-11: "*CHOKE* *GAG* *SNORT* [reaching for gas mask] *HACK*

I can't believe you'd defend this for even a second.