The underlying message of the news, the implication hammered deeper home with every replay of the towers collapsing, was that whatever we little people did, world history, and therefore real life, was out of our hands. The trivial little games activists and communities had been playing were irrelevant; no one would pay attention any longer, let alone join in. This was not necessarily true, of course. But it was news because it was on the news, and because it was news it made itself true

The memory of that day, still makes me weep!

the famous band oasis released an album called 'don't believe the truth' which is of the same theme
alhough the election of a black man as the US president and the campaign that went behind that is surely a positive empowering sign for the future
we just need more people power , people overcoming oppression ( and recession) to make the world a better and safer more friendly place