Jesus Christ, people. Didn't any of you know anybody even remotely near NYC? I somehow managed not to find out about it all day long, but you betcha when I DID, I sat at the computer worrying about telecomm lines and when Kay popped up she got tackled with "Is everyone all right over there?"
It's a skyline. It's a symbol. People die every day. More people have died since the World Trade Center was built than died 9/11/2001. It was an awful thing to have happened, and I don't condone it in any way, but the point is that those towers were a tangible reminder of humanity's accomplishments on Earth. The people who destroyed them knew that they were important, else they wouldn't have been targeted, but there's no possible way they could know why. Their disappearance leaves a scar on a city of millions of people that will never quite go away. That skyline is world-famous as the example of a Big City -- Tokyo-Yokohama is larger population-wise, but I dare you to find anyone in the Western world who wouldn't have recognized the jagged, geometric sky-scape of New York City. It meant something.
All of this is beside the point. It was an insensitive question to ask anyone. And, as Kay does not get stabbity very often, I, as her official ninja, would recommend that anyone who feels they need to debate this further go discuss amongst yourselves, rather than taking it up with her again.
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It's a skyline. It's a symbol. People die every day. More people have died since the World Trade Center was built than died 9/11/2001. It was an awful thing to have happened, and I don't condone it in any way, but the point is that those towers were a tangible reminder of humanity's accomplishments on Earth. The people who destroyed them knew that they were important, else they wouldn't have been targeted, but there's no possible way they could know why. Their disappearance leaves a scar on a city of millions of people that will never quite go away. That skyline is world-famous as the example of a Big City -- Tokyo-Yokohama is larger population-wise, but I dare you to find anyone in the Western world who wouldn't have recognized the jagged, geometric sky-scape of New York City. It meant something.
All of this is beside the point. It was an insensitive question to ask anyone. And, as Kay does not get stabbity very often, I, as her official ninja, would recommend that anyone who feels they need to debate this further go discuss amongst yourselves, rather than taking it up with her again.