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An echo of 9/11

An echo of 9/11

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Rob Archer
Sep 11, 2012
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From a Genesis album nobody bought in 1996 (because Phil Collins had left the band by then), the song "One Man's Fool" had eerily prescient lyrics that now echo in the aftermath of 9/11.

The song is also a warning that while some beliefs may be worth living for, they're not worth killing for. Religions & philosophies based on exclusion ("only we have the…

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