"Terrorist attack 911" has significant influence to the world from philosophy to daily transaction.
First, security level has been pulled up since then. Let me take the security gate at my work place for example. Multiple gates checking system has been installed to our office. We had lenient checking system. What we needed was just showing our ID card to the security guard to enter the premise by company’s regulation. But we called it “say hello security guard”, because we could enter the premise by saying hello without showing our ID card. However, after 911, to get to my desk, I need to show my ID card once and 3 times quick touch. 911 had an impact on our daily transaction.
Second, the view against Arab is extremely biased. Terrorism is linked to Arab. Islam is dangerous religion. The fact remains that 911 is caused by a part of Militant Islam/extremist. Arab all over the world has been oppressed/harassed since then. For example, Iranian university professor. The company I work for invited one Iranian university professor of UCLA for our in-house training. He is a renowned professor among semiconductor technology field. According to his remarks, the budget of his lab was reduced to 50% of the previous year’s budget because of nationality. Not chinese/american professor but only professors who have Islamic background. He criticized that this policy is religious discrimination.
In conclusion, "terrorist attack 911" changed world from philosophy to daily transaction.
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After that shocking 9/11 incidence, the world became extremely concerned about terrorism. At international airport in USA and Japan, all foreign passangers are taken their finger prints. Both domestic and intrnational call in/from USA are possibly being wiretapped. USA became rather difficult country especially for immigrants. Politicians and mainstream media always claim the risks of possible terorrism, and they always try to legistilate new laws to protect the country.
So, a lot of effort is spent on dealing with terrorism in the name of saving lives. But, quite frankly you're at a higher risk in most of industrialized countries crossing the street than you are from a terrorist attack, yet we do not spend a lot of time making our sidewalks and crosswalks safe.
My math teacher once told this story. When a surfer was attacked by a shark in sea, people became very worried and some fishermen set their ship off to hunt the shark. But actually the surfers have much higher risk to get hit by a car when crossing the street toward a humbergar shop in the opposite side.
People respond more to individual stories rather than multiples. So despite the hightened concerns made by media about the risks of terrorism and various new anti-terrorism laws made by politicians, actually nothing about risks for us has changed.
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