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Sorry, the 21st Century began on September 11, 2001, when my wife ran into our bedroom and shouted "now you have to wake up! They flew a plane into the other to

• elwell 13y ago
  He addresses that idea in the article.
• ximeng 13y ago
  "First, let’s dismiss one parochial notion -- that the terrorist attacks of September 2001 were the major break point between centuries. Nonsense. We were engaged in the same struggle before and after. The U.S. shrugged off more damage during any month of World War II. Indeed, nothing could be more “twen-cen” or 20th century than the overwrought focus that some (not all) Americans apply to Sept. 11. Much of the world assigns no particular relevance to that date."