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A Loss of Innocence   The United States of America muddled its innocence on September 11, 2001. No longer are the miserable attacks on democracy in some far away uncouth they are now in our own backyard. President Bush state it best, freedom itself was attacked by a faceless coward... but now we have it off the name of that face. For many of us, this is the first time we have experienced what others almost the world live with daily.   As young nation, we can have a profound impact on the future. We can start at this take by supporting our country and the ideals it holds dear. We must(prenominal) remember that the very prerogative of an education is one(a) that those who attacked us plainly detest. In fact, it is illegal for women in that country to pursue an education at all. Every step we action in the learning process is in defiance to those who keep their citizens ignorant. As students and citizens, we must realize that the power of education comes with a res ponsibility to support people of all backgrounds understand that if we are to make any rise as a society, we cannot tolerate terrorism anywhere in our world.   However, we must be careful not to express our outrage irrationally against people who had nothing to do with that evil act. One motive for the terrorist attack on our country was contempt for the freedom that pass ons America to tolerate those who hold several(predicate) beliefs.   Our future belongs to those who stand up and fight for what they believe in. As a nation, we are now at the crossroads we can choose to allow those with evil intentions to have the loudest voices or we can stand together with one voice. It has been said, All that evil needs to succeed is for