What's weird is looking back on it, most of the fears were hysteria.
I think the biggest real impacts on American lives (aside from having to think about/discuss the war) were increased security at airports and increased gas prices.
Looking back, it's incredible how little effect the attack and war had on Americans who didn't let it affect them.
If information and discussion was as easily accessible as it is now, perhaps people would not have been so afraid of what they did not know then.
You mean the crimes people do in societies with punishments? Kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy you have there.
Err... no it doesn't. Look at the amount of theft in places that allow it vs. places that cut off your hands. It's normal to steal from Walmart, but a sub-saharen African street vendor might be able to get your hands cut off if they catch you stealing from them.
A place of ignorance is ignoring which place has the greater amount of theft, even when considering who is more incentivized to steal. It's okay. Most people on these forums are disconnected from reality.