thoughts on 9/11

TWOL faces something of a dilemma today.

The date is Sunday, September the 11th, 2011. Because of events in New York, Washington and Shanksville, PN, ten years to the day, there is only one topic to be discussed in today's entry. However, there has been masses of prose, across the internet and printed media, written about these events, and today's anniversary, so TWOL must write something unique.

Although TWOL was just six year's old at the time, TWOL still holds vague memories of the day. Genuine breaking news programmes, reserved for such events as the 9/11 bombing attempts, are extremely rare and TWOL was most disappointed, that day, that CBBC had been cancelled for the afternoon.

Of course, TWOL must extend its sympathies to those whom have lost a loved one or were killed. Fortunately, the only effect 9/11 has had on TWOL are the increasingly strenuous and lengthy airport security checks of the 21st century.

Finally, TWOL would like to put an immediate halt to insinuations that America somehow 'deserved' to be attacked as a result of their foreign policy. This horrific event has been the subject of much paranoia and speculation but this is ignorant, insulting and, in most cases, xenophobic.

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america coolest nation in world, apparently

A poll, by social networking site Badoo.com, has established American as being the "coolest nationality" in the world. The site asked 30,000 people across 15 countries which nationality they thought was the coolest and American got the most votes, with Spanish being the coolest Europeans, Brazilian being the coolest Latin-Americans and Belgian being the least cool nationality.

American was followed by Brazilian, Spanish, Italian, French, British (sixth!), Dutch, Mexican, Argentinian and then Russian, respectively. Belgian, Polish, Turkish, Canadian and German were the five least cool nationalities.

TWOL would just like to confirm its illegitimacy in terms of being able to judge coolness. TWOL enjoys reading classic literature, quoting Latin and Shakespeare, and the odd game of dice cricket. TWOL also enjoys politics, debates and being as opinionated as is reasonably possible.

So, now follows some unparalleled xenophobia/ignorance.

TWOL must admit some surprise when looking at that list. TWOL thought Germans were cool. They're efficient, hard-working and famous for beer, sausages and well-endowed ladies. TWOL also thought Argentina and France were un-cool. Argentina is famous for a fat man who plays football with his hands and France is famous for surrendering.

There's no future at the U.N. for TWOL, unfortunately.

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