When asked if NYC will make itself susceptible to another terrorist attack if it hosts the pending trial for alleged 9/11 orchestrators, Americans are split.

When asked if NYC will make itself susceptible to another terrorist attack if it hosts the pending trial for alleged 9/11 orchestrators, Americans are split.

Hi! Can I talk to you about the upcoming trial for five men allegedly in charge of the 9/11 attacks?

Hi.

Some say if New York City hosts the trial a mere couple blocks from the WTC site, Al-Qaeda will surely attack us again. What do you think?

I don’t want to say. My English is not very good.

See right there? You sound great. As a New Yorker—

—Why do you ask me these questions? I am a vender of hotdogs and pretzels.

Do you think any confessions extracted by water-boarding and other torturous means should be legally binding?

I don’t know anything about these things. Torture!

What punishment is appropriate for the deaths of nearly 3000 innocents?

I must insist on asking you why you have singled me to answer things about this topic.

Because you’re a New Yorker, or you at least work in the city, I assume you very possibly might feel one way or the other.

I resent that you are asking me about terrorists. I am not African. I am from India!

Are you intentionally misunderstanding me?

Enough! I call my brother. Pranav!

-PETER MADSEN

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