9/11 Remembrance Services In Photos: Hate, Love And The Human Condition In New York And London

WHAT were the 9/11 remembrance services about? Answer: people. In one corner of Grosvenor Square, London, the priapic Muslims Against Crusades burned the US flag, wailed and gnashed teeth during a minute’s silence triggered as a mark of respect to the dead. These goons served to show us what the enemy is: stupidity, ignorance, aggression, racism, bigotry, arrogance and vanity. Others – millions and millions and millions of others – realised that we could not forget that day. You might shed a tear. All human life is out there. And some of it shames us all…

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Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza in the attacks at the World Trade Center, pauses at his son's name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial before the 10th anniversary ceremony at the site, Sunday Sept. 11, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Justin Lane, Pool)

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