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I feel the Kent State shootings give some kind of scale to the event. There, four people were killed, and we still listen to the Neil Young song about it. It's

I feel the Kent State shootings give some kind of scale to the event. There, four people were killed, and we still listen to the Neil Young song about it. It's hard to imagine what hundreds or thousands of deaths (Wikipedia) would feel like.

fennecfoxen 13y ago
Well, we do have hundreds-of-unexpected-deaths events in recent memory (Sep. 11 2001 ~= 3000) though, conspiracy theory notwithstanding, that's not our own government doing it. Also, there were fires and explosions and billions in property damage and clouds of toxic smoke. Oddly enough, I can't actually name any songs about the event off the top of my head, though.
- ISL 13y ago
  Here's a few: Alan Jackson - "Where were you when the world stopped turning" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvj6zdWLUuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvj6zdWLUuk Pete Schmidt - Lost in New York Darryl Worley - Have you forgotten http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU Springsteen - The Rising (lower link includes plane impact footage) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNnB4dkVRJI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNnB4dkVRJI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmSllqr6Qzs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmSllqr6Qzs
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