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I am a firm believer in the words of Voltaire, from Candide. Candide went to hell and back, and put up with more shit than any of us would even think of going through. But he never lost his belief--"I do believe this is the best of all possible worlds."
Given everything that has happened this year, I still believe that this is the best world in which to live. The photos that Tony posted from other countries in the aftermath of September 11th reaffirmed this. For that moment, people around the world were mourning, not as Americans or Britons or Ugandans, but as human beings. It's unfortunate that it took something of such magnitude to bring us to this point, but at least we got there, if only for a moment.
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