Doris Lessing: Sept. 11 attacks were not so bad

“September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn’t that terrible.

Some Americans will think I’m crazy. Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think. They’re a very naive people, or they pretend to be.

Do you know what people forget? That the IRA attacked with bombs against our government; it killed several people while a Conservative congress was being held and in which the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was (attending). People forget.” (AP via Yahoo)

Doris Lessing: Sept. 11 attacks were not so bad

“September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn’t that terrible.

Some Americans will think I’m crazy. Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think. They’re a very naive people, or they pretend to be.

Do you know what people forget? That the IRA attacked with bombs against our government; it killed several people while a Conservative congress was being held and in which the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was (attending). People forget.” (AP via Yahoo)