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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Mourners pay their respects at the north pool of the National September 11 Memorial during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks at World Trade Center, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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