Do you think Americans in general have learned anything from the tragic events that have recently occured?

Question

Mainly, 9-11, Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina

Does it depress you to think of this things? Does it make you more grateful for your own life? Are you worried something will happen to you or loved ones?

Answer 1

I believe that Americans have learned an incredible amount of wisdom in the last 5 years, but unfortunately, our government still has its head up a warm, smelly place... That's what worries me!

Answer 2

As a whole, no, I don't think we learned to protect ourselves any better than prior to 9-11 - it's because we're too politically correct and utterly afraid to offend someone.

As for the Tsunami, I think we learned that it's easier to clean up their mess than our own (Katrina).

Katrina - we learned nothing from it other than there is a definite separation between races and social status. How long did it take Chicago to rebuild after their fire? Something of that size has never happened so Katrina was/is a learning experience in how unprepared we are in regards to weather. They best start thinking about it seriously though, because the weather, it seems, is only getting worse.

Personally, I've learned alot.
9/11 - I learned to be more patriotic and I was proud to be an American (still am).

Tsunami - As selfish as it sounds, I'm glad I live in the midwest where I don't have to worry about some gigantic wall of water coming at me.

Katrina - I learned to not take too many things for granted. I don't anyway because of a near death experience that really taught me that there is happiness in stopping to smell the roses or admiring a sunset.

I'm constantly worried about something horrible happening to my loved ones. They're my life.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

No they haven't.

Just look at New Orleans...yay we will rebuild...until another one un-expectedly wipes us out..again...

I like Americans, but not all of them. Most of them seem too arrogant for my liking.

Does it depress me...no not really.

Answer 5

makes me hatefull for all the danm towel heads
we need to start killen em back

Answer 6

If anything history has shown that people do not learn from history.

Answer 7

Doesn't depress me, doesn't make me more grateful. I'm already depressed enough, and apathetic...

Answer 8

no they never will not with the ideology they are constantly drip fed through the media

America !**** Yeahh

no time for all that ****,

Answer 9

No, and the world is going to get worse, its meant to be

Answer 10

No I don't, but remember - "those who fail to remember the past are surely doomed to repeat it"!