“We’re all monsters.”

 

General Culture

“Few have the guts to admit it publicly, but we’re all monsters.” (Michael Middleton)
Salon.com prints a large list of “forbidden thoughts” about 9/11. I’m sure plenty of us had thoughts like some of those people who are being quoted on that page. We probably only differ in our magnitude of denial. Of course, salon.com got plenty of angry responses from some of their readers (find a reply to one of those here) - which, at least if you believe in modern human psychology, does nothing but confirm that many people had those non-pc thoughts. The introductory article - which includes more quotes - can be found here.