Although the features and characteristics of the contemporaneous global society within which we survive and interact have attained a stage of advancement and development that is far beyond anything that could have been conceptualized a few decades ago, mass conflict continues to plague society on a global basis. This, moreover, is something that is emphasized quite effectually when considering it in light of the exceptional rate at which crime and terrorism appear to be currently advancing. Perhaps one of the most useful examples in this case, moreover, is that of the monumentally ghastly and inhumane suicide attacks carried out by Islamic fundamentalists on the World Trade Centre [WTC] and the Pentagon on the 11th of September, 2001. It would be relevant, furthermore, to here acknowledge that one of the prime reasons due to which these attacks shook the very foundations of American society in such a dramatic fashion was that the general American population had no inkling whatsoever that there was the risk of such an attack. Indeed, the relevance of this is highlighted when considering that the question that was the most frequently observed to be bubbling to the surface of the mass American consciousness was ‘why would someone do something so heinous ?’

Addressing some of the more relevant implications of post 9/11th changes:

Security measures
It is barely surprising, especially when considering the monumental extent of the damages incurred in terms of losses of property and human life that the attacks carried out against America on the 11th of September 2004 collectively impacted American society in a lasting manner. One of the most immediate indications of such an impact, furthermore, was of a marked increase in discrimination against all individual with Asian backgrounds, especially those from regions with strongly Islamic roots. Considering that the suicide bombers were evaluated to have been of Saudi origin however, this is something that was quite understandable. In addition to this, moreover, another of the more immediate impacts that the events of 9/11 had on the US was that it inevitably induced a sense of mass paranoia based upon the pretext that those responsible for the attacks could be considering another one at any given time (Rather, 2002). This sense of paranoia was also provided with an additional boost as a result of post 9/11 terrorism against the US. An exceptionally good example moreover is of the Anthrax attacks that were, for the most part, intercepted.

Eventually, it was as a result of this conceptual prevalence of frustrated paranoia within American society that induced the superpower to incite its so called ‘war on terrorism’. Continuing in concern to the changes that the 11th of September had on American society, it would be relevant to acknowledge that these changes were and are to be found within practically all levels and strata of society and societal institutes. From the significant upgrading of airport weapons checks to state-of-the-art computerized medical monitors, a vast plethora of daily life appears to have apparently been changed forever. ‘Hospitals are stockpiling drugs to counter a possible bio-terror attack. Grade-school kids are practicing lock-down drills, now as routine as recess’ (Wilkinson, 2004). Again, this is something that tends to come through as a rather unsurprising phenomenon when considering the degree of damage done to America in terms of tangible as well as intangible qualities. The targets, the WTC and the Pentagon represented a theme more important and subtle than their exceptional architecture; they were the symbols of America’s global prominence in terms of business and military power, respectively. In addition to this, it would also be relevant to acknowledge the countless families that are waiting and praying for the return of loved ones, serving in uniform in ‘places with once-obscure names like Najaf, Fallujah, Iraq (Wilkinson, 2004).

Adopting a concise perspective in concern to the legal and health care segments

Another significant platform which was immediately affected by the events of the 11th of September 2001 was the legal/political platform, this being primarily due to the notion that one of the prime reasons for the attacks was that the [Saudi] immigrants who had carried out the attacks were allowed to enter into US territory in the first place. Consequently, in addition to a significant upgrade of all respectively relevant security systems, popular public opinion was also inclined towards calling upon an upgrade of the states policies regarding immigration laws. While these laws were found to be exceptionally inadequate in concern to granting or declining of entry to potential immigrants, the findings highlighted the need for congress to pass laws that were more considerate towards the better protection of citizen's security, jobs and working conditions, and generally, the overall quality of life. This is something that tends to be summed up with effectual simplicity within a statement made by former Representative Barbara Jordan, who chaired the U.S.Immigration Reform Commission. Jordan was uncharacteristically assertive in her stance that ‘Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave’ (United to Secure America, 2004).

In addition to all of what has been said till here, moreover, it would also be relevant to acknowledge that the events of 9/11, as that fateful day has contemporaneously come to be referred to as, also induced Americans to take a look into the characteristics of their own stance in concern to the rest of the world, especially the regions relating to the psychological inclinations of the faction (s) responsible for the attacks. The relevance of this is something that tends to be accentuated quite empathically when contemplating that ‘the injustice and terror of September 11, in the name of a symbolic strike against a whole society defined as the enemy, was an attack on innocent people's lives’ (Benner, 2002). It would be useful to here acknowledge that although the impact of the attacks was exceptionally grave, it ‘didn't cause Americans to become afraid or lose their heads’ (Utley, 2002); they are already adapting to the inevitability of living with terrorism even as they continue the struggle to defeat it.