The steep decline in stock market force people to change their retirement plans or come back from retirement. Sep. 11 further damaged people's lives in various ways.
After Sep. 11, I was very suspicious about a patriot game that Media advised small investors to buy or hold instead of sell when the stock market reopened. This person gave a proof that big institutions betrayed us, small investors again.
Ike, I didn't know you still hold those core stocks you said long time ago. I hope you keep selling calls to cover the cost at least.
We all have to deal with all religious or political fanatics regardless of their names. You name it if any religion or political system doesn't have any atrocity under it's name. It is a shame in our humanity but we have to keep fighting with the evils in us. The best way is education and increase of living standards. If people worry about their basic needs, many of them will trade it at whatever costs.
For one thing, people are hard to change the way of life. Japaneses traditionally hunt down whales and consume them. Even nowadays they are unwilling to give up even though whales are endangerous species. That is their tradiion. I don't try to blame Janpaneses here but the article reminds me of how difficult the task of change a society is. Can we (of course including Muslims who live there) change Islamic society to democratic Islamic countries? Every country has some kinds of things against international pressure or opposition like the one of Japaneses. It won't be easy but can't be given up for our humanity?
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