Now that’s interesting…

Amanda Hess for Salon.com offers the following article which presents some interesting food for thought:

Why Teenagers Love Making Jokes About 9/11

It’s hard to believe but its been a whooping 14 years since the 9/11 attacks and, therefore, there are many, many youths out there who have absolutely no memory at all of the horrific events of that day in 2001.

What is interesting, and presented in this article, is the gallows humor some teens are engaged in regarding the conspiracy theories.  Ms. Hess analyses and tries to come up with the reason why we engage in such morbid humor (it isn’t the first time) and what it may mean.

I think her conclusions are fascinating even as the subject matter remains a truly disturbing one.