Thursday, March 28, 2013

[osbhcsov] September 11 speech contest

Pretend it is September 11, 2001.  You are the President of the United States, addressing the nation.  Give a speech.

You are permitted to have impossibly accurate foresight to attempt to avoid the problems we eventually saw: Islamophobia, very expensive wars, loss of civil liberties, politics of fear.

Hindsight changes over time.  Some of the wars may have yet to occur.  How will these fake speeches evolve?

Repeat the exercise for other wars.  Will we ever learn?

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