RS121 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Zygmunt Bauman, Totalitarianism, The Holocaust
12 Oct 2018
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19 men -- islamist terrorist organization al qaeda) hijacked four airplanes in the us. 2 teams of hijackers flew into 110 storey towers of world trade center in ny, collapsing them. Other plane flew into offices of pentagon headquarters of us department of defence) Last plane crashed in pennsylvania; fourth plane aimed at white house. Approx 3000 killed + over 6000 injured. Jerry falwell + pat robertson baptist televangelists) agreed god lifted his protection from america. God allowed us to be attacked b/c of court choices helping to de-christianize us. Falwell said american civil liberties union had to take blame for the attacks. Overall: most americans strongly w/ falwell + robertson; media outraged retracted their statements but never rethought idea of evil + god judgement. Robertson said god(cid:519)s punishment for haiti(cid:519)s (cid:522)pact of the devil(cid:523) 1800(cid:519)s when haitians sought independence from france, made an agreement w/ the devil, promising to worship him in exchange for victory.
