Would anyone really CARE that much if an event like 9/11 happened elsewhere?

Question

I think it's the fact that the terrorists dealt such a heavy blow to the the most powerful country in the world that has really shaken people

Answer 1

Hope so, Aussies cared very much, still do. Some of us died there. Such a traumatic event anywhere would affect me.

Australia helps any country in need. Indonesia, East Timor, The Solomons, even America.

Answer 2

Had 9/11 happened elsewhere, the world would have indeed have mourned. Human life is of equal value, regardless. However, the fact that such an atrocity could happen in such a dramatic fashion in the worlds only super power definitely shook the global community. Up until 9/11 those who live in developed countries generally associated such images of death and destruction with civil war and natural disasters in third world countries. It exposed the fact that no country is invincible. 9/11 unsettled the entire globe, and turned the way we usually see things on their head. Wish I could say that we will never see the like again, but the world is so screwed up at the moment. Assholes in power, with the masses suffering as a consequence.

Answer 3

Definitely not.

How many people died in the Rwanda Genocide? How many more than the WTC collapse or all plane caused events on '9/11'? How many people care more about the Rwanda Genocide than the '9/11' events?

That's just because people in Rwanda don't have a CNN/Fox, they don't cry and blame the rest of the world (although it is said that Belgium, the Vatican, and even the US had wind of what was being prepared)... They are not in your face.

The '9/11' was a heavy blow for people who lost loved ones.

But I wouldn't even say it was a heavy blow for the economy. Infrastructure-wise or economy wise, it was just a bump on the road. Earthquakes regularly cause much more havoc to other economies.

It was also a heavy blow to the ego, to the mindset of many people, but this mindset was wrongly set on a presumed unassailability and superiority. Now that mindset has turned to superiority and revenge. Desire for revenge is understandable, but some soul searching should be done too.

Answer 4

Ofcourse not.
It's not a question at all. These incidents have often in different countries, and you don't even hear about them.. let's not even talk about caring.
Sept. 11 was a sad day.. but only 3000 or so people died... that's peanuts compared to what happens elsewhere.

Here's a list of terrorist attacks around the world (documented ones) on Wikipedia, read through them and try and see how many you've heard off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents#2000s

This one was right next to my home..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_July_2006_Mumbai_train_bombings

How many care? Not too many ... not enough.

The attacks themselves aren't to be feared - It's what comes after.
The Riots, the wars... that's the horrible part.
Look at what sept 11 brought upon the world
Wars- Afganistan, Iraq and Iran. The terrorists attacks became excuses to kill innocent children and destroy families.
You know what happens to kids living in destroyed countries with no economy, no ways of survival and no remaining families
THEY BECOME TERRORISTS..

But nobody cares... Let's all cry for 9/11 victims... The rest of us don't matter


EDIT -> Information dissemination is power. American Media is the most powerful, which is why 9/11 "Shocked the World"..
It wasn't sympathy.. the American News Channels made millions off it,

Answer 5

9/11 did not mean that much to me. I was born in London in 1941. We were bombed on a nightly basis by the Nazi Luftwaffe. Then from 1944 we got the flying bombs and the V2. Result, by wars end approx 500,000 British civilians lay dead and God alone knows how many more were maimed. I'm not sure of the death toll 9/11 but during the first raid of the Blitz [Battle of Britain] some 3000 were killed in the Eastend alone. When you see war as a child you no longer worry about it. To be honest, while I sympathise with New Yorkers over 9/11 it's time to shut up and get on with life. It's now five years on. Also, I think that we Londoner's do not need to be constantly reminded about the bombings in our city.

Answer 6

I think people would have still cared but the media would not have made such a big thing about it.

Because it was live on TV (& the internet) in the most powerful country in the world & in a country where the media is so dominant that is why it is still so dominant.

Plus a mad dog president who wants to rule the world

Answer 7

I think the reason 9/11 was such a big deal wasn't because we care more about America, but because it was such a shock. Whilst genocide and terror are no less horrific in places like Africa and the middle east, we've gotten used to hearing about it- we care, but it doesn't shock us. A suicide bomb goes off every other day in some places.
The fact it was America really took us by surprise because we'd pretty much manged to delude ourselves that it was a safe place to live and work. We're still recovering from the shock of our own vulnerability.

Answer 8

September the 11th has happened many times previously (have a peek at the amount of civilians killed in Vietnam, for instance). OK, maybe not directly related to a religous battle, but certainly oblivious to the racial massacre that went on.

So, if people have felt/do feel the same guilt or sadness that they feel for what happened in the twin towers that day as they do for other human attrocities then yes, you would CARE as much.

You can go back in time reading history books for other stories of atrocities - but generally history books are sanitised to put the readers of same on the upper pedestal (no bad stuff written about the anticipated audience). Japanese versions of the 2nd world war are a lot differant to American versions, and which are differant to European versions... etc etc.

Answer 9

This sort of event is an appalling thing to happen in ANY country, I feel that is has had such a huge impact because America - like Australia, sadly, felt invincible, and thought it would never happen to them.

On a lighter note, and meaning NO DISRESPE CT to the victims, if Jack Bauer had been called in at the beginning, it would never have happened at all.....

Answer 10

Terrorists have been murdering thousands of innocent people every year for the last 40 years. Many terrorist groups were armed and/or funded by the U.S. The IRA were bombing their way across Europe while their leaders were being entertained at the White House.

The sad fact is that no one in America cared while these deaths were taking place abroad. Terrorism only became "evil" when if affected them.