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I was in Rajasthan, India. It was 10:00 at night, and we were eating dinner. A British backpacker came running in and yelled "America's been attacked!" Most of us figured she'd drank too many hashish shakes like the rest of us, so no one paid attention until we went to the internet cafe and looked up the news on the internet.

I spent the next four months in Asia staying with Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim families alike, having conversations and discussions with people that no one in America wants to hear about. I watched America's reaction to the attacks through media, and discussed it with travelers from all over the world.

America definitely changed that day, but I wasn't there to change with it. I had/have a completely different perspective on the whole event. And it's part of the reason I don't live there anymore. And I'm sorry to say it, but I dont think America as a society, and certainly as a NATION, has learned a damn thing from that day.

"We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts." - Harold Nicolson

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