Of course, the contexts of the events of 9/11 and Dresden are quite different, as Chris points out. I am however, inclinded to think that there is more in common between the two then most people are willing to admit, namely the senseless murdering of a mass amount of civilians. Of course, murder is almost always senseless, but if one were to pick maybe 5 of the most unnecessary acts of genocide on a mass scale in the last hundred years, i daresay that those two events, along with the regime of Pol Potts, the Holocaust, Atom bombs, and a couple others, would probably all be on the list. I guess the point I am making is that you run a risk by trying to isolate Dresden and 9/11 by themselves, when the problem of this sort of occurrence is actually quite a lot more common in history than you might initiallly think.

On a lighter note, I have been battling a dreadful cold all weekend. It has left me with a sore throat, tired, achy muscles, grumpy and generally unpleasant to be around. I will be going to bed soon, on that note.