Things have changed forever, from my perspective. How's that addition to my statement? I've experienced loss before but now maybe because of cable tv, talk radio and the internet, the violence seems pervasive and there is not a day that goes by we don't hear about more senseless killing of innocent human beings.
I do not accept their culture of death and I totally believe it is UBL. The Marine who was killed in Kuwait last week was from Tampa Bay. He was only 20 years old. They are picking people off one or two at a time or going with the Bali type bombing. As long as someone is dying, they're happy. Too bad x-42's USAG Reno "didn't have enough evidence" to pick up UBL. Janet Reno - protecting UBL from prosecution FOR YEARS. And Louis Freeh didn't do us any favors either.
You're right about our knowing more of what's going on. We know instantly about catastrophes anywhere in the world. We can even watch it as it happens.
This knowledge serves to make us extremely insecure because it highlights our vulnerability. Seriously, if I weren't a man of faith, I'd buy a cabin in the mountains and stockpile food and guns.
This is the information age. But it is also the age of anxiety. The two go hand-in-hand.