September 11

[quantumlobster]

"Many and sharp the num'rous ills
Inwoven with our frame!
More pointed still we make ourselves,
Regret, remorse, and shame!
And man, whose heav'n-erected face
The smiles of love adorn, -
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
  -Robert Burns, “Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge” (1784)