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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Dude, it's just another anti-religious song. It's not identifying with terrorists, it's attacking them. And I'm pretty sure most people were over 9/11 by then. We were into Iraq and we didn't know why and the country was just kind of tired of the whole thing. I don't know about New Yorkers, but I imagine most of the rest of the country had moved on.
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I know that you have forgotten more about Slayer than I will ever want to know, but I have to disagree with you. They're writing from the viewpoint of the terrorists and this was an attempt to piss people off by doing so. Tom even said he expected an American backlash, which never came. They hated it in India, though!
Obviously I can't speak for you Americans, but it seems like 9/11 is still very raw for people at this point. After all, let's not forget the ones who lost loved ones. And every year they have a commemoration don't they? Maybe yiz have moved on, but four years after the event, I think it still resonated with a lot of people.