Each Murder Is One Too Many.

What Was New Was The Symbolic Force Of The Targets Struck. The Attackers Did Not Just Physically Cause The Highest Buildings In Manhattan To Collapse; They Also Destroyed An Icon In The Household Imagery Of The American Nation.

The Usage Of The Words "public" And "public Sphere" Betrays A Multiplicity Of Concurrent Meanings. Their Origins Go Back To Various Historical Phases And, When Applied Synchronically To The Conditions Of A Bourgeois Society That Is Industrially Advanced And Constituted As A Social-welfare State, They Fuse Into A Clouded Amalgam. Yet The Very Conditions That Make The Inherited Language Seem Inappropriate Appear To Require These Words, However Confused Their Employment.

Since Our Complex Societies Are Highly Susceptible To Interferences And Accidents, They Certainly Offer Ideal Opportunities For A Prompt Disruption Of Normal Activities.

After September 11, The European Governments Have Completely Failed. They Are Incapable Of Seeing Beyond Their Own National Scope Of Interests.

Since The Intervention In Afghanistan, We Suddenly Began To Notice When, In Political Discussions, We Found Ourselves Only Among Europeans Or Israelis.