>>>>>Never forget. We lost our innocence that day.
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>>>>Correction: We lost some of our freedom because of that day.
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>>>>They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin
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>>>We are simpatico but I do not accept correction on this topic.
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>>Sorry, Mike, I wasn't trying to provoke.
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>>I just don't think our innocence was lost on 9/11 when ~3,000 people lost their lives, tragic as it was.
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>>Lives Lost by War:
>>American Civil War 625,000
>>World War II 405,399
>>World War I 116,516
>>Vietnam War 58,209
>>Korean War 36,516
>>... and more
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>I 99% agree with you, but 9/11 was AFAIK the first major loss of lives on American soil due to "foreign" combatants. I don't think the Aleutians in WWII "count" for most Americans and IAC that was a declared war.
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>I think "loss of innocence" has a poetic ring but doesn't accurately describe the aftermath.

Maybe the War of 1812?
The Alamo?

I like Mike's phrase.