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Rosie O'Donnell Writes
"9/11 affected me deeply, as I know it did many Americans. The
falling of the twin towers served to remind me that many of the
assumptions Americans have about their lives are rooted in false
feelings of security. In light of this reminder, I have begun doing
exactly what this country, at its best, allows for me to do:
inquire. Investigate. America is great in so many ways, one of which
is the freedom to speak, and indeed think, freely. I have, of late,
begun exercising the rights bestowed upon me by the democratic
system I value, and the exercising of these rights has taken the
form of an inquiry into what happened five years ago, an inquiry
that resists the dominant explanations and that dares to entertain
ideas that push me to the edge of what is bearable. I have come to
no conclusions and, given the scope of the subject, will not for
some time."
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"If the very act of asking is so destabilizing for people, than I
have to wonder whether the fabric of our democracy is indeed so
raveled it is beyond salvage. My own belief is that the act of
asking is itself reparative, because it brings to life the values on
which our constitution rests. I am, therefore, pledging my
allegiance, hand over heart, trying, as always, for a rigorous
truth."
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